Apple’s investment in the mining company MP Materials will also help the tech giant reduce its dependence on China for rare ...

Rare-earth metals share certain defining properties: they're heavy, magnetic, similarly shaped, and they're trivalent, meaning they have a +3 charge.

Because of their optical properties, rare-earth elements are part of the tiny semiconductors inside some LEDs. They're part of the flawless and ultra-clear crystals at the heart of lasers of all ...

In a groundbreaking moment for the American mining industry, the Fluor Corporation has confirmed the feasibility of large ...

MP Materials’ goal to become a national rare-earths “champion” that can go toe-to-toe with China was turbocharged by Pentagon ...

MP Materials, the operator of the only rare earths mine in the United States, has signed a $500 million deal with Apple.

They are in your phone and your car, yet most people have never heard of them. As demand for clean energy and high-tech gadgets soars, rare earth elements have become more indispensable ...

China has pulled back its rare earths exports, which are vital to everyday technologies and American defense. But the U.S.

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end ...

Sona Comstar has developed new motors using light rare earth elements like cerium, samarium and neodymium, while Ather Energy ...

On April 4, China’s Ministry of Commerce put export restrictions on seven rare earth elements (REEs). It is easy to scratch one’s head when restrictions are put on things called samarium ...

The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades plans to process the fossil fuel to extract hard ...