Last week, President Trump postponed a summit with his Chinese counterpart on account of the war with Iran. When Trump and Xi Jinping do meet, here's an agenda item bound to figure prominently: rare ...

Our inbox has been flooded with emails from viewers and readers who told us how their lives have been affected by rare diseases. Here are some of the stories we received. Living with a rare disease ...

A new atlas charts the global distribution of unusual, critical-metal-bearing igneous rocks, finding that they often form ...

Scientists have created a global “treasure map” for rare earth elements by uncovering where the strange volcanic rocks that ...

About a decade after he bought a shuttered rare earths mine that was, literally, partially underwater, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky has transformed his business into a pivotal player in America's ...

A central question hanging over the summit this week is whether China will agree to extend a temporary postponement of even tougher rare-earth export controls.

As China has begun to impose restrictions on rare earths, a one-year pause not withstanding, the U.S. is racing to build up its own supply chain. As part of president Trump’s agreement with Chinese ...

Rare earth stocks are surging as U.S. policy shifts and China asserts itself. While the U.S. is heavily funding domestic mining and processing to secure critical supply chains for EVs, defense, and ...

USA Rare Earth's name is intended to convey a great deal about its business. The company's primary goal is to mine for and process rare-earth metals with a focus on U.S. production. These metals are ...

USA Rare Earth wants to open a rare earth mine by 2028, along with a permanent magnet factory. The company received a letter of intent by the U.S. federal government for $1.6 billion. That deal gives ...

In the middle of the Mojave Desert, just off Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, sits the Mountain Pass mine. Surrounded by a high plateau of pale rock and desert scrub, this ...