China is blocking exports of these vital minerals. What makes them so special?

China is retaliating against U.S. tariffs by restricting exports of rare earth minerals. Minerals expert Gracelin Baskaran ...

China’s leader is touring Southeast Asia and portraying Beijing as the anchor of world economic stability. Xi Jinping’s ...

The move is focused on countering China's rare earth supply chains and battery mineral dominance as the U.S. aims to become self-sufficient when it comes to critical minerals supply, people ...

Rare earths, on the other hand, have narrower supply chains and are often more difficult to extract, requiring more ...

Rare earths, he said, are “the most strategic ... the world’s heavy rare earth minerals were produced. They seized the privately run mines and jailed thousands of people across southern ...

Donald Trump has been defiant on tariffs. Now China has upped the ante. It has halted the exports of rare earths, used in everything from iPhones to jet engines. It has also paused incoming deliveries ...

The Trump administration has opened an investigation that could result in tariffs on rare-earth minerals and other ... Reaching millions of people each month through its website, books, newspaper ...

There are 17 rare earth elements (REEs) in all — 15 lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium. It's a fairly diverse group, with each rare earth mineral having different applications, pricing and ...

Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Shares of USA Rare Earth (USAR) surged for a second ... focus on the areas of greatest vulnerability to (People's Republic of China) ambitions is essential," as ...

Crucially, China omitted several of the most-coveted rare earth elements, including neodymium and praseodymium. But the controls show that China is willing to use these materials as a bargaining ...