In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end up in China.

A diplomatic breakthrough with China is the only short-term fix for easing the shortage of rare-earth magnets, a top executive at one of the largest auto components maker said, as the exports curbs by the East Asian nation chokes the production of electric vehicles.

China Northern Rare Earth and Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union — two of China's top rare earth producers — announced a price hike for third-quarter 2025 rare earth concentrates to CNY19,109 (approx.

A recent assessment by Australian firm Earth Rarest estimated that Australia could supply up to 20 per cent of global demand for neodymium and praseodymium, but warned that a full replacement of Chinese supply across all 17 rare earth elements remains unlikely in the near term.

America has a real shot at ending its dangerous reliance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for rare earth

Beijing curbed rare earth and magnet exports in April in retaliation against U.S. tariffs, driving down magnet makers' offshore sales at the same time as they face pressure from a weak economy and ...