They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements essential for high-technology and national security applications.

Companies linked to rare earth minerals surged after the US government announced plans to take a large stake in MP Materials, the operator of the only rare earths mine in the US.

Antarctic research reveals how rare earth elements move underground through freeze-thaw cycles in desert environments.

Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from types of minerals called rare earths. As the systems and infrastructure used in daily life have turned digital and the United States has moved toward renewable energy,

India has unveiled a Rs 1,345 crore incentive scheme to boost rare-earth magnet manufacturing and cut its 80 per cent import dependence on China amid tightening Chinese export controls.

Wyoming’s exploding rare earth industry continues to attract attention. The latest is Argyle Resources Corp., which has filed 21 mineral claims in

A legislative committee advanced a bill that would authorize the state to apply for primacy over federal permitting and licensing that guides the management of rare-earth-element mining’s ...

Vedanta, JSW Group and other conglomerates have shown their keenness in a proposed incentive plan by the Indian government to boost its rare earth elements production, according to a Bloomberg report

As Chinese export curbs send rare earth prices through the roof, Lynas (ASX:LYC) could be plotting a Brazilian breakout that would loosen Beijing’s stranglehold on the materials powering the world’s transition to EVs.

JAKARTA: Even as Indonesia's lead negotiator intensified lobbying efforts for a lowering of America's reciprocal tariffs this week, analysts remain sceptical that talks will make headway even if Jakarta attempts to leverage the nation's rich mineral resources as a bargaining chip.

Construction delays have caused one of North America’s few rare-earth processors to push back its production goal, just as Western nations struggle to counter China’s control over metals vital to industry.