Each F-35 Lightning II aircraft contains more than 900 pounds of rare earth elements. Each Virginia-class submarine has 9,200 ...

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

Magnetar flares can create gold, platinum, and uranium in seconds, reshaping cosmic element formation theories.

Barriers are high to development of mines and processing plants for vital metals needed for U.S. competition with China.

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

Governor Mike Braun signed an executive order Monday that claims will make Indiana a national leader in rare earth element ...

The Mountain Pass mine near the California-Nevada border. Ninety percent of all rare earth metals are processed in China. The country produces nearly 95% of all rare earth magnets–prized for ...

Rare earth metals are commonly found in the earth’s crust but are difficult to extract at low cost and in an environmentally friendly manner, with China commanding a near monopoly on heavy rare ...

The medium and light rare earth metals, such as neodymium, are more often mined outside of China (e.g., Australia), but are still generally processed in China. When I last covered TMC, I noted ...

BEIJING – China shook the world in 2010 when it imposed an embargo on exports of crucial rare earth metals to Japan. Panicked Japanese executives appeared on television to warn that they were ...

Researchers from the University of New Mexico found that gadolinium – a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI scans – could mix with oxalic acid found in many foods to precipitate tiny nanoparticles of ...

This wider suspension of exports comes just 9 days after China initially imposed restrictions on the export of six heavy rare earth elements. These metals and magnets come from Africa and other ...