The proposed amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act (MMDR Act), expected in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, would allow over 2,500 legacy mines to tap into newly ...

America has a real shot at ending its dangerous reliance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for rare earth ...

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

The United States and other countries will have to replicate China’s processing capabilities to dismantle one of Beijing’s ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was in Ranchester, Wyoming, on Friday for the ribbon cutting to open the first U.S. rare ...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.

When China began its crackdown on the sector some fifteen years ago, there were hundreds of miners and processors. By 2013 ...

Tokyo (AsiaNews) – Next January, Japan will try to mine rare earth minerals from the bottom of the ocean, in the deepest and most elaborate experiment ever attempted in this domain, the director ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...