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Rare earth elements are crucial for clean energy, advanced technology, and modern warfare, making them a new axis of geopolitical power. China currently dominates the global rare earth market due ...

The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb, ...

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Brazilian miner Serra Verde Group is boosting production of rare earth metals at a time of growing trade friction between the US and China, the world’s dominant supplier of minerals critical to ...

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