Beijing’s 91% grip on materials vital to defence and electric vehicles is down to its scale, but also its lead in processing.

The money will allow the business, with operations including a mine in California and a factory in Texas, to dramatically ...

Just four months into his tenure at the Pentagon, private equity billionaire Steve Feinberg has landed his first big deal: a ...

MP Materials, the operator of the only rare earths mine in the United States, has signed a $500 million deal with Apple.

U.S. efforts to break China's dominance of the rare earths market and to drive investment in its own industry have moved up a ...

Apple is investing $500 million with MP Materials to design and manufacture recycled rare earth magnets in the US, ...

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

China’s exports growth beat expectations in June as businesses continued to divert shipments to non-U.S. markets while ...

MP Materials has announced plans to expand rare earth mining and processing operations as Washington seeks to end its ...

A diplomatic breakthrough with China is the only short-term fix for easing the shortage of rare-earth magnets, a top ...

In first half of 2025, exports reach US$6.7 million, which analysts view as sign of China’s bid to diversify access to ...

China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such a stranglehold on an industry the U.S. once controlled?