Aside from oil, rare earth elements may be the most buzzworthy thing coming out of the ground these days. Headlines trumpet news about new partnerships to produce rare earths, warn of potential ...

The Rare Earth hypothesis suggests life is extraordinarily uncommon because so many precise conditions must align. The mysterious 'third man' who appears when humans are near death; scientists have a ...

China’s rare earth advantage does not equal strategic supremacy. China has increasingly incorporated critical minerals and ...

For more than a decade, the United States has treated rare earth independence as a mining problem. But the real vulnerability is further downstream. That’s where rare earths are turned into metals and ...

About a decade after he bought a shuttered rare earths mine that was, literally, partially underwater, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky has transformed his business into a pivotal player in America's ...

Japan is racing to reduce its reliance on Chinese rare earths — from dredging the seabed to inventing new magnets — as its prime minister visits the White House this week. Tomorrow, Japan's prime ...