The Pentagon is making a $400mn direct investment in a US rare earths producer, in an unusual arrangement highlighting the Trump administration’s determination to break Chinese dominance of critical ...

MP Materials Corp.’s stock skyrocketed in early trading Thursday, after the rare-earth producer said it inked a public-private partnership with the U.S. Defense Department to boost domestic magnet ...

Shares of the little-known mining company soared on Thursday on news that the Pentagon would become the largest shareholder.

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

The Kachin Independence Army since December has been battling the junta over the town of Bhamo, less than 100 km (62 miles) from the Chinese border, as part of the civil war that erupted after the ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on ...

Critical mineral strategies are likely to lead to further investment in exploration, refining and processing, thus reshaping ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

Energy Fuels plans to import the rare earth minerals from the Donald Project into the USA, where we will process them into separated oxides at our Mill in Utah for domestic and other customers." ...