China controls about 70 per cent of global critical mineral refining, from lithium for electric vehicle batteries to rare ...

In April, in response to President Trump’s tariffs, China temporarily suspended almost all exports of seven kinds of ...

Beijing's move has set off high-level talks in India on reassessing EV strategy, amid concerns that choosing BEVs could ...

Lanthanides are a class of rare earth elements that in many countries are added to fertilizer as micronutrients to stimulate plant growth. But little is known about how they are absorbed by plants or ...

China quietly built a near-monopoly in rare earth metals through decades of strategic investment, innovation, and state-led ...

First discovered in 1984, the last two excavations of the Gantangqing site in the 2000s uncovered a remarkable collection of ...

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

A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the ...

A trove of rare 300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in south-west China reveals that early humans in the region may have relied heavily on underground plants like roots and tubers for sustenance.

A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the ...

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has ...

What we are witnessing is not merely another trade dispute, but a desperate attempt to cling to manufacturing supremacy ...