China’s restrictions are also seen as a response to Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” on Chinese goods announced in April. After agreeing on a trade truce in Geneva, US officials had expected China to ease ...

Australia has some of the richest deposits of mineral sands and rare earth minerals in the world, and the US wants access to ...

Critical minerals are having a moment. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is at the White House to talk up Australia's rich ...

The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earths minerals. Last month, President Donald Trump said the United States needed Greenland “very badly,” renewing his threat to annex the ...

The Australian prime minister said the critical minerals deal takes the U.S.-Australia relationship "to the next level." ...

WHAT ARE RARE EARTHS AND WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR? Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets that turn power into motion for electric vehicles, cell phones, missile systems, and other ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with President Donald Trump on Friday to sign an agreement that would allow the United States access to Ukraine’s mineral reserves. The deal would give ...

Minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, tantalum, tin and tungsten, which are all abundant in central Africa, are essential ...

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Critical minerals, and especially rare earths, as well as the ongoing need to decarbonise and a bigger role for governments ...

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