The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals.

China's rare earth exports jumped in November, the first full month since President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald ...

President Trump on Thursday signed a peace deal to end the war in eastern Congo and used the moment to advance another ...

At the edge of California’s Mojave Desert, the Mountain Pass mine looks like any other stretch of dust and rock.

A White House official says the U.S. government is planning to acquire more equity stakes in critical minerals companies.

The newly established Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation is sending out funds tied to the bipartisan ...

As the U.S. seeks to secure a domestic supply of rare earth elements, one company in Wyoming hopes to become a key source of ...

Every major market shift begins the same way. A foundational piece changes, and suddenly, industries that once operated ...

A new federally funded research project at the University of California, Davis, endeavors to extract valuable components for ...

For billions of years, Earth's continents have remained remarkably stable, forming the foundation for mountains, ecosystems and civilizations. But the secret to their stability has mystified ...

This company aims to build a vertically integrated business as the U.S. shifts its focus to domestic suppliers of crucial ...

The long-term supply-demand picture should be favorable for critical minerals and rare-earth elements, which should help boost stock prices of select companies. Mining stocks are particularly risky ...