In December 2024, China announced an immediate halt to the export of gallium, germanium, antimony, and superhard materials to the United States, marking an unprecedented escalation in the global ...

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China is dramatically tightening its control over the rare earth minerals crucial to making high-tech products, in what US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called “a global supply chain power grab”.

Countries are racing to secure the critical minerals and rare earths needed to make vital products.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A major battle with China is underway after Beijing threatened to stop exporting rare earth minerals, which are used for computer chips needed for cars, technology, as well as A.I.

As the race to make ever-faster semiconductors intensifies, China has once again notched up export controls on rare-earth minerals, as well as related mining and refining technology. The country’s ...

President Donald Trump’s focus on securing the domestic rare earth minerals market puts the White House in a bind: Does it ignore its promise to deregulate? Trump, shortly after returning to office in ...

The agreement between the U.S. and Australia to partner on developing supplies of rare earths and critical minerals amid trade tensions with China, the world's leading supplier, prompted a response ...

Minerals are back in the news, with President Donald Trump announcing on Wednesday that he’d reached an agreement on a possible deal on Greenland that would include rights to rare earth minerals.

Whereas, the United States of America (the “United States” or “U.S.”) and the Commonwealth of Australia (“Australia”, and together, the “Participants”) intend to support the supply of raw and ...