A huge discovery in Utah County's Lake Mountains is generating confidence that the United States will not have to be so ...

Rare earths aren’t rare in the earth’s crust; what’s rare is the capability to separate and refine them efficiently. The ...

So-called rare earth elements refer to 17 chemically-similar, silvery-white elements that are used to make magnets – which in turn power motion for electric vehicles, cell phones, missile systems and ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 08: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) to the White House on August 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to hold a ...

Materials that are essential for the transition to a sustainable society are currently being extracted using methods that are far from sustainable or environment-friendly. Magnets based on REE are ...

President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signing a trade deal in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. Photo by KIYOSHI OTA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images As President Donald Trump and Chinese ...

Two weeks ago, when I wrote that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) had become a Trojan Horse, I meant it figuratively. But Beijing’s latest move to tighten control over rare earth elements (REEs) ...

A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from electric cars to smartphones to wind turbines – typically require destructive ...

The United States has known for years that its economy runs on materials that it can’t control. The rare-earth metals that power F-35 fighter jets, electric vehicles, and iPhones mostly comes from one ...

U.S.-EU Trade Deal Avoids a Tariff War, but Deepens European Dependence The U.S.-EU trade agreement imposes 15 percent tariffs on most European imports, avoiding the 30 percent levies that President ...