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    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Experts cast doubts over UK’s first rare earths processing site

      Government launches strategy to bolster supply of critical minerals with £150mn investment in Hull facility

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Pro-China group attacks US rare earths plant in fake social media posts

      Cyber campaign comes as Washington tries to boost self-sufficiency in critical minerals

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      News in-depthBatteries
      China taps markets for $10bn to cement clean tech supremacy

      Country dominates electric vehicle supply chain as west races to develop rare earths production

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Pentagon bankrolls rare earths plant as US plays catch-up to China

      Australia’s Lynas will build facility in Texas with $120mn of funding from Washington

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Australia backs rare earths mine to reduce China’s supply dominance

      $100mn project finance for Yangibana expected to feed Europe’s automotive sector

    • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
      China merges 3 rare earths miners to strengthen dominance of sector

      New entity hailed as ‘aircraft carrier’ of its industry for its market power and strategic importance

    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      Special purpose acquisition companies
      Deep sea mining group left in lurch after $200m disappears

      ‘Pipe’ investment that failed to materialise during Spac merger overshadows listing of The Metals Company

    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Hochschild Mining PLC
      Hochschild to spin out Chilean rare earths project

      London-listed precious metals miner to list Aclara on Toronto stock exchange

    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      Biden faces green dilemma in push to build US rare earths capacity

      White House wants to reduce reliance on China for critical materials but environmentalists have raised objections

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      US-China trade dispute
      US targets China rare earth magnets for possible tariffs

      Biden considers investigation of neodymium magnets in bid to reduce dependency on Beijing

    • Monday, 1 March, 2021
      North American groups seek to break China’s grip on rare earths supply

      New production method for metals vital to advanced technology comes as Beijing considers export ban

    • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry

      Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors

    • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
      LombardBryce Elder
      Online retailers are playing a risky game with the UK high street

      Deals pursued by Boohoo and Asos will hit town centres; a rare earth project where cash is sparse

    • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
      Trade Secrets
      The EU plan to live in a raw materials world Premium content

      China supplies 98% of the bloc’s rare earths, and has exploited that bottleneck

    • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
      Chinese politics & policy
      State interference threatens China’s control of rare earth production

      Producers complain that policies to keep prices high are hurting a vital industry

    • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
      The Commodities Note
      The world must counter China’s dominance of rare earths

      Country has grip on swath of minerals crucial to future key industries

    • Monday, 21 September, 2020
      Explainer3 min
      Why China's control of rare earths matters

      The obscure elements are vital for high-tech manufacturing

    • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
      Trade Secrets
      Rare earths and a decade of failure to diversify Premium content

      It’s hard to increase output, given huge entry costs, skills shortages, IP issues and environmental regulations

    • Monday, 14 September, 2020
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      US-China: Washington revives plans for its rare earths industry

      Other nations intend to reduce dependence on Beijing for elements critical to everything from wind turbines to F-35 jets

    • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
      Inside BusinessJamie Smyth
      Industry needs a rare earths supply chain outside China

      Resource security requires corporate collaboration as well as public funding

    • Monday, 27 July, 2020
      Pentagon backs Lynas to break China’s rare earths stranglehold

      Australian-listed miner secures funding from US for processing plant in Texas

    • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
      Australia’s Lynas warns on rare earths supply chain 

      Main non-China producer says it may need public funds to weather coronavirus downturn

    • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
      Australia to offer cheap loans to boost production of rare earths

      Canberra and Washington team up in bid to curb China’s dominance of critical elements

    • Monday, 7 October, 2019
      scoutAsia Research
      How Xi Jinping threw Malaysian rare earths a lifeline Premium content

      Geopolitics trumped environmental worries after Chinese threat to curb exports

    • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
      Mining
      Hochschild Mining acquires rare earths deposit in Chile

      Miner says market to “grow exponentially” due to renewables technologies

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