The quotas serve as a barometer for the global supply of rare earths, a group of 17 elements used in electric vehicles, wind ...

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 ...

Japan and the European Union will consider joint public-private partnerships as they look to reduce their reliance on China ...

The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.

It is an opportunity to build domestic capacity, strike deals with other countries and address dependency in its green energy ...

Japan plans to begin pioneering test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed in January next year, the head of the government-backed project told ...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

India’s discovery of rare earth deposits in Rajasthan sparks hope for strategic and economic gains. But with limited ...

While rare earth mineral trading generates modest revenue, their strategic value far outweighs market price as governments ...

The United States and other countries will have to replicate China’s processing capabilities to dismantle one of Beijing’s ...

The continent wants to reduce the risks of depending so heavily on China for the valuable minerals. The question is how.

While rich mineral deposits promise centuries of supply, critics argue Japan’s deep-ocean venture risks an irreversible ‘race to the bottom’.