China's grip on global supply chains is turbocharging efforts to find alternatives to the small group of metals that dominate EV motor technology ...

Quick Read MP Materials (MP) surged 194% over the past year as the U.S. flagship rare earth producer, though at a 43.9 ...

Automakers are racing to redesign the heart of the electric vehicle, the traction motor, so they can cut their dependence on rare earth metals without sacrificing performance. BMW, General Motors and ...

Inside a Malaysian refinery central to U.S. efforts to break China’s grip on rare earths powering defense and global supply ...

In October 2025, something wild happened on the global stage that clearly demonstrated one of the Western world’s most glaring weaknesses…but most people in the United States missed it entirely. This ...

Despite the flurry of activity and headlines this year, Washington has been aware of its rare earths problem for years. In 2010, a maritime territorial dispute with Tokyo prompted Beijing to suspend ...

NEW YORK, March 5, 2026 /CNW/ -- In October 2025, a high-stakes geopolitical standoff revealed a significant vulnerability in Western industrial security. Analysis of the late 2025 tariff negotiations ...

For more than a decade, the United States has treated rare earth independence as a mining problem. But the real vulnerability is further downstream. That’s where rare earths are turned into metals and ...

USA Rare Earth (USAR +2.17%) stock soared by 71.6% in April, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The move ...

Tomorrow, President Trump will host the leaders of Central Asia in Washington for a U.S.–Central Asia summit. One of the most urgent issues on the agenda will be critical minerals. For the United ...

The move once again places China in opposition to Western rare earth supply chain strategies. While a Chinese expert noted ...