By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who has covered China’s rare earth industry since 2009, reported from Beijing, Ganzhou and Longnan, China. China shook the world in 2010 when it imposed an ...

China has stopped shipping some heavy rare earth metals and magnets critical to US production of everything from cellphones to fighter jets as Beijing’s trade war with Washington simmers ...

China produces around 90% of the world’s rare earths, a group of 17 elements. The U.S. government has stockpiles of some rare earths, but not enough to supply its defense contractors in perpetuity.

Nearly six years on, China’s dominance of the rare earths supply chain has emerged as among its most potent tools in a renewed trade war with the United States president. The minerals – used ...

A man works at a rare earth metals mine in China's Jiangxi province in 2010. A man works at a rare earth metals mine in China's Jiangxi province in 2010.Jie Zhao/Corbis—Getty Images ...

China dominates the rare earth mineral market, mining about 60% of the world's total supply, and this dominance has raised concerns about supply chain security. The White House says America's ...

China's new restrictions follow two prior rounds of rare earth export rules that are slowly tightening the supply of these critical minerals, especially those used in several chipmaking applications.

OMAHA, Neb. — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those minerals ...

China responded to President Trump’s tariff hikes with a series of retaliatory measures. On April 4, among other moves, Beijing suspended the export of some of the 17 rare-earth metals and ...

China’s move to impose strict export controls on rare earth elements used in auto manufacturing has reportedly sparked fears of potential shortages of cars. Earlier this month, Chinese President ...

From fighter planes to nuclear reactor rods and smartphones, rare earth minerals are vital to a wide array of products. As geopolitical and trade tensions rise, China’s dominance of both mining ...

China processes almost all the world’s rare earths, a group of 17 metals used in a wide array of products in the defense, health-care and technology sectors. But as part of its retaliation ...