Postdoctoral researcher Shichen Xu examines the carbon paper platform that holds powdered magnet material from which he and his colleagues will extract rare earth elements using a recycling technique ...

China has weaponized rare earth minerals. The U.S. is finally fighting back. For investors, one company stands out as a potential winner.

The move is Beijing’s latest attempt to tighten control over global production of the metals, which are essential to the manufacture of computer chips. By Keith Bradsher and Meaghan Tobin Keith ...

If you have a growing graveyard of old printers and laptops in your closet, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, probably because ...

Soon after the blockade started, the panic began. When China choked off the export of rare-earth elements in April, producers and politicians around the world were quick to sound the alarm. China ...