Scientists recently identified the oldest material on Earth: stardust that's 7 billion years old, tucked away in a massive, ...

How America Can Break Free From China’s Minerals Stranglehold America has a real shot at ending its dangerous reliance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for rare earth elements, but only if it ...

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...

Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on ...

China is stalling the exports of rare earth magnets, despite promising earlier this month to ease restrictions under a trade ...

In a rare moment of cooperation amid an era of intensifying rivalry, China and the United States last week reached a temporary agreement to ease some restrictions on the export of rare earth elements.

The G7 closed its summit by adopting an action plan on critical minerals that seeks to hardwire resilient, transparent, and ...

A Chinese official told the EU's top diplomat that Beijing cannot accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, contradicting ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 ...

The second day of the summit in China is set to be canceled at Beijing’s request, according to people with knowledge of the ...

This policy shift marks a significant moment in the ongoing trade relationship between the United States and China, coming on the heels of a broader framework ...