A new bill would allow the Pentagon to fast-track the mining of raw materials needed for weapons systems, which proponents ...

The U.S. Department of Defense plans to continue investing in critical minerals projects to ensure a diverse American supply ...

China will seize influence on the global stage as a result of the Trump administration’s major cuts to international spending, according to a report published Monday by the Democratic staff on the ...

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MP Materials has announced plans to expand rare earth mining and processing operations as Washington seeks to end its ...

The Defense Department last week agreed to buy a direct equity stake in MP Materials, the only rare earth miner in the U.S.

The measure would direct billions of federal dollars to boost mining and refining of essential materials like cobalt and ...

Unusually large quantities of antimony - a metal used in batteries, chips and flame retardants - have poured into the United ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Washington and Beijing have signed a trade agreement that will make it easier for American firms to obtain magnets and rare earth minerals from China that are critical to manufacturing ...

China signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals in a statement Friday hours after White House officials said that the US and China had signed a trade agreement to work out ...

BANGKOK — Washington and Beijing have signed a trade agreement that will make it easier for American firms to obtain magnets and rare earth minerals from China that are critical to manufacturing ...

The agreement comes after China retaliated against steep import tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on Chinese goods and moved to slow export of rare earth minerals and magnets much-needed ...