SYDNEY/TOKYO -- U.S. rare earths company MP Materials has signed an initial agreement with Saudi miner Maaden to "explore" developing a rare earths industry in the Middle Eastern kingdom.

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric cars, medical advances and national defense. Ongoing extraction inside ...

President Trump signed an executive order to examine the national security risks related to the nation's dependence on importing rare earth elements. USA Rare Earth is developing a rare earth ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Rare earth elements, comprising 17 metals, are essential for technologies such as electric motors, medical imaging, and electronics. Although not truly rare ...

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Jiangsu province, China. (China Stringer Network/Reuters) Each F-35 Lightning II aircraft contains more than 900 ...

It’s not often that a beauty brand reshapes how we talk about mental health. But Rare Beauty, founded by Selena Gomez, has done just that — built a mission-driven business where beauty meets ...

Rare earth element extraction bolstered by new research Date: April 30, 2025 Source: University of Texas at Austin Summary: A more efficient and environmentally friendly approach to extracting ...

New rules requiring firms in China to get a license before exporting some rare earth elements are bolstering plans to establish rare earth processing in other countries. The US and European Union ...

JL Mag’s rare earth magnets used in hybrid vehicles. The Chinese government earlier this month announced that it had halted exports of a number of critical rare earth minerals, as well as ...

Western Digital says it's created an initiative to retrieve rare earth metals from hard drives that are being cycled out of data centers. The tech company, best known for its digital storage ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those ...

China’s decision to suspend exports of rare earth minerals highlights a significant national security vulnerability that cannot be addressed by executive power alone. Three decades ago ...