Rare earth metals

Rare earth metals

Gantry cranes are seen at Yangshan Port outside of Shanghai, China, June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

China agrees to one-year rare earth export deal, issue 'settled', says Trump

The agreement, which Trump provided few details about except that it would probably be extended, would "settle" the issue, he said. China has yet to comment on what was agreed by the two...

A sample of terbium (Tb) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris, France, June 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Rare earths: Strategic metals key to future tech

Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. Picture taken July 16, 2011. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/CHINA OUT/File Photo

How China's rare earth dominance became a geopolitical flashpoint

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Beijing blames US for raising trade tensions, defends rare earth curbs

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

EU firms brace for more shutdowns due to China rare earth controls despite summit promise

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

China's rare earth export curbs hit the auto industry worldwide

People walk in Red Square on a sunny day in Moscow, Russia, February 23, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Kremlin says Russia has lots of rare earth metals that US needs and is open to cooperation

Rare earth elements, also known as rare earth metals or rare earth oxides, are a set of 17 heavy metals which have a wide range of commercial and industrial uses. Photo: DW

Rare earths find in Sweden: A gamechanger?