Soaring demand for copper, lithium, and nickel could make the metals more valuable than oil and gas by 2050, Barclays said.

The initiative focuses on data center hard drives for the recovery of rare earth elements, which have taken on new ...

In response to punitive tariffs imposed by Washington, Beijing earlier this month added seven rare earths to its export control list. While the metals actually occur fairly commonly in the Earth ...

By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco For years, the Chinese government has worked to control the export of rare earths, a group of metals used in an array of products, as common as ...

Rare earth metals are the lifeblood of AI tech development. Yet the market is immensely concentrated, Barclays found Rocketing demand for the key minerals could lead to soaring prices. The ...

Gov. Mike Braun signed executive orders to establish a council focusing on the extraction of rare earth metals from coal ...

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas ...

Here are three things to know about the market for the metals making the AI boom possible. China's near-monopoly There's no disputing that the rare earth market is profoundly concentrated.

From fighter planes to nuclear reactor rods and smartphones, rare earth minerals are vital to a wide array of products. As geopolitical and trade tensions rise, China’s dominance of both mining ...

In response to punitive tariffs imposed by Washington, Beijing earlier this month added seven rare earths to its export control list. While the metals actually occur fairly commonly in the Earth ...

(Bloomberg) — From fighter planes to nuclear reactor rods and smartphones, rare earth minerals are vital to a wide array of products. As geopolitical and trade tensions rise, China’s dominance of both ...