The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earths minerals. Last month, President Donald Trump said the ...

Those, in turn, caused a dearth in new car inventory and a subsequent spike in new and used car prices. Currently ...

The Trump administration is developing a plan to use Cold War-era powers to prioritize and fund rare earth projects it deems ...

North and South Kivu, along with Katanga further to the south, are home to vast amounts of critical minerals, including gold, diamonds, coltan, cobalt and the 17 so-called rare earth minerals needed ...

China has implemented new export controls for rare earth minerals and magnets. The changes could upend the shift to electric vehicles.

China dominates critical mineral production and processing, holding significant leverage over global industries. Amid trade ...

Officials are discussing using the Defense Production Act to tap financing, loans and other means for rare earths ...

Options include moving car part manufacturing to China despite tariffs, or just slowing down the push for electric vehicles.

The move is aimed at reducing U.S. reliance on China, which currently dominates the global rare earths market. This ...

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said it’s necessary for the U.S. to negotiate with countries other than China for vital rare ...

but it is expected to give the U.S. access to its valuable rare minerals in the hopes of ensuring continued American support for Kyiv in its grinding war with Russia.

US and Chinese officials said on Tuesday they had agreed on a framework to get their trade truce back on track and remove ...