The United States could well be facing its most critical energy crisis in decades thanks to its longstanding reliance on imports for its rare earth minerals needs. The dramatic move announced by China ...

As the race to make ever-faster semiconductors intensifies, China has once again notched up export controls on rare-earth minerals, as well as related mining and refining technology. The country’s ...

When Roland Eichhorn popped open the dusty cardboard box, he couldn’t believe it. There, in the basement of a stuffy government office in Germany, was a pile of six yellow lumps. But these old rocks ...

(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs flagged mounting risks to global supply chains of rare earths and other critical minerals, emphasising China's dominance in mining and refining, and outlining challenges for ...

A letter discovered in 2023 during the digitization of the archive of the Bavarian Environment Agency, or LFU, has rewritten a chapter of mineral history. The 1949 letter was written by a coal mine ...