In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end ...

As rare earth supply chains are disrupted by tariffs and other trade barriers with China, e-waste recycling is growing as a solution to metals shortages.

Scientists at MIT discover how lanthanides, a class of rare earth metals, help crops resist UV stress by enhancing ...

China, the biggest holder of rare earths, is weaponising them by restricting the supply. Though it has hit the EV industry in ...

Rare-earth metals, also known as lanthanides, are critical parts of modern life that are often hidden in plain sight. Their name comes from the Greek "lanthanein," which means "hidden." ...

The net result was simply lower contamination levels, meaning the rare earth metals were of much higher purity. So the researchers scaled up the test, working on a 20-kilogram sample of ore.

Rare earth metals have become indispensable, and any modern economy needs a steady supply to operate. The economic forces that created the current supply pinch will surely be the same forces that ...

Here are some of the main applications for the seven metals — out of 17 on the commonly accepted list of rare earths — that are now on Beijing’s restricted list. Terbium ...

President Vladimir Putin has offered the U.S. the opportunity under a future economic deal to jointly explore Russia's rare earth metal deposits that he says are greater than those of Ukraine.

A view of the metal ring, nearly 8 feet wide, that fell from the sky into Mukuku village on Dec. 30 in eastern Makueni County, Kenya. Credit: Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images ...