Inside China’s Six-Decade Campaign to Dominate Rare Earths

From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but ...

Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break China’s Rare-Earth Monopoly

Companies like Phoenix Tailings, which recently began producing metal in New Hampshire, are using new processing methods to ...
CNN

What are rare earth minerals, and why are they central to Trump’s trade deal with China?

The US trade deal with China seeks to resolve a major sticking point of their ongoing trade war: rare-earth minerals. Despite multiple rounds of talks with US trade negotiators over the past several ...
Marketplace

The U.S. has no time to waste when it comes to rare earths

As China has begun to impose restrictions on rare earths, a one-year pause not withstanding, the U.S. is racing to build up its own supply chain. As part of president Trump’s agreement with Chinese ...
The Hill

China is overplaying its hand on rare earth materials

When President Trump travels to Beijing early next year to finalize a new trade deal, China will deploy one of its favorite pressure tactics: restricting exports of rare earth elements. Last month, ...