China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources ...

China's Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...

China has released its first set of rare earth mining quotas for 2025 quietly, marking a move to tighten state control over ...

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

Rare earths are key materials for many electric vehicle (EV) parts. China has a dominant position in the global rare earth ...

South Korea's ambitions to build a self-sufficient drone supply chain have hit a critical bottleneck just three months after China imposed export controls on seven rare earth elements in April 2025.

China has quietly issued its first rare earth mining and smelting quotas for 2025, marking a shift from its usual public disclosures. The decision, not officially announced by the Ministry of Industry ...

China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such a stranglehold on an industry the U.S. once controlled?

When China decided to tighten control over supply chains for seven rare earth elements this spring, O'Connor says he felt the ...