Von der Leyen visits Japan for two days starting Tuesday. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold a summit with von ...

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

Decades of process innovation and industrial policy helped China corner the rare earths market while the US fell behind.

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...

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… ...

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 ...

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 metals powering our digital and green future.

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 ...

The Trump administration is exploring proposals to secure Myanmars rare earth minerals, aiming to reduce U.S. dependence on ...

TOKYO -- Japanese conglomerate Furukawa is leveraging its terrestrial mining know-how to develop prototype equipment that can extract rare-earth elements and rare metals from the ocean floor. The ...

Through consolidation and quotas, Beijing has turned a once-unruly sector, responsible for 90% of rare earth processing capacity, into a powerful source of diplomatic leverage.