When China began its crackdown on the sector some fifteen years ago, there were hundreds of miners and processors. By 2013 ...

When China restricted rare earth exports to Japan in 2010 during a diplomatic spat, a wild west domestic industry undermined ...

The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.

Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to ...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was in Ranchester, Wyoming, on Friday for the ribbon cutting to open the first U.S. rare ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of ...

The Secretary of the Ministry of Heavy Industry said that eligible manufacturers must carry out end-to-end processing-from ...

Further bolstering domestic priorities, state-run IREL (India) Limited was directed in June 2025 to suspend a 13-year-old ...

The auto industry is reeling under rare earth magnets crunch ever since China has imposed restrictions on its exports. A ...

India is accelerating its rare earth magnet manufacturing plans to support its growing EV sector. With Mahindra, Uno Minda, ...