A major Japanese trading house says that it has reached a basic agreement with an Australian resource company to develop new rare earth mines.

The Export-Import Bank is providing a $10 billion loan to Project Vault, an initiative to stockpile critical minerals. The ...

St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ, FRA:S0G, OTC:SGQMF) has signed a strategic alliance with Brazilian technology company Nanum ...

China accounts for roughly 70% of global rare earth production, but it is the country’s dominance in processing that gives Beijing real leverage.

Mining tailings are the waste byproduct of mining, consisting of ground rock, water, and processing chemicals that remain ...

By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO, March 6 (Reuters) - Group of Seven members Japan, France and Canada are working on alternatives to a U.S.-led trade bloc to secure critical minerals and reduce reliance on ...

Photographer Jonas Kako travelled to Greenland to explore how mining for the rare earth elements and minerals that are vital for new green technologies is impacting locals ...

Lynas Rare Earths and Japan Australia Rare Earths (JARE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on ...

March 5 (Reuters) - USA Rare Earth said on Thursday it would acquire the remaining minority interest in a Texas rare earth ...

MP Materials' 10X factory will produce 10,000 tons of rare-earth magnets a year. It may need to get even bigger.

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

Buried within the rocks of Mountain Pass are rare-earth elements—a group of metals that play a vital role in nearly every twenty-first-century technology. They help make the high-strength magnets that ...