How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world The licensing system replaces a cruder, less flexible means of economic leverage.

China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources ...

The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...

China mines around 70% and processes around 90% of rare earths. The U.S. is hoping to change that with investment in the ...

U.S. officials said they confirmed that Beijing would continue to allow for the export of rare earth magnets, one of the ...

Decades of process innovation and industrial policy helped China corner the rare earths market while the US fell behind.

China has released its first set of rare earth mining quotas for 2025 quietly, marking a move to tighten state control over ...

Hyundai Motor India said its production remains unaffected by China’s rare earth export curbs due to sufficient inventory.

China’s quiet release of rare earth quotas is fresh proof that President Trump’s push for American independence on the vital ...

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Picture taken October 31, 2010.

While China produces 90% of the rare earth magnets used worldwide and consumes most of them, exports ranged from 18% to 50% of total revenue in 2024 among the 11 largest publicly listed magnet ...