The Trump administration is exploring proposals to secure Myanmars rare earth minerals, aiming to reduce U.S. dependence on ...

Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets that turn power into motion. So-called heavy rare earths are used ...

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

Non-Chinese rare earth producers have been conspicuously absent from mining’s top tier, now worth a collective $1.5 trillion, ...

Von der Leyen visits Japan for two days starting Tuesday. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold a summit with von ...

Tokyo (AsiaNews) – Next January, Japan will try to mine rare earth minerals from the bottom of the ocean, in the deepest and most elaborate experiment ever attempted in this domain, the director ...

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...

Decades of process innovation and industrial policy helped China corner the rare earths market while the US fell behind.

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...

When China restricted rare earth exports to Japan in 2010 during a diplomatic spat, a wild west domestic industry undermined Beijing with rampant smuggling. In a sharp shift that reflects how China ...

In January, Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to compete with China for leadership in this sector. The test ...