By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Despite a 90-day truce in its trade war with the United States, China appears to be maintaining tight control over its rare earth exports – preserving a ...

China accounts for 61% of global mined rare earth production, but its control over the processing stage is much higher at 92% of the global output, according to the International Energy Agency.

China’s rare earth export controls were “specifically designed to hit the US defense industry, and I cannot envision China stepping back from that,” said Thomas Kruemmer, ...

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

China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — Despite a 90-day truce in its trade war with the United States, China appears to be maintaining tight control over its rare earth exports – preserving a key source of ...

The U.S. and China, two of the world’s largest economies, broke new territory in trade negotiations over rare earth elements.

China has also taken steps to bring foreign-owned rare earth refineries under domestic control, which aligns with its strategy.A Canadian firm, Neo Performance Materials, recently agreed to sell ...

China’s quiet release of rare earth quotas is fresh proof that President Trump’s push for American independence on the vital ...

China’s exports of rare-earth magnets increased nearly threefold in June from the previous month, after the country lifted ...

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Picture taken October 31, 2010.

TOKYO—The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool when Beijing ...