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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...

Rare earth elements are essential ingredients in all kinds of high-tech goods. Photo: Wang chun lyg/Imaginechina/picture alliance

Can the West break China's grip on rare earths?

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

Graphics: TBS

Why rare earth elements matter more than you think

Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China. Photo: Reuters

How China is playing the rare earths trump card — and why Ukraine couldn’t

A man works at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province, China, October 20, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

US-China trade truce leaves military-use rare earth issue unresolved, sources say

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?

REUTERS/Christopher Aluka Berry/File Photo

US wants to end dependence on China rare earths, Yellen says