The US trade deal with China seeks to resolve a major sticking point of their ongoing trade war: rare-earth minerals.
So-called rare earth elements refer to 17 chemically-similar, silvery-white elements that are used to make magnets – which in ...
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have wrapped up a summit in South Korea with a deal to keep Chinese rare earth exports flowing. Here are some basic facts about these ...
Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 metallic elements essential in many modern technologies. Despite their name, they are not actually rare, but they are difficult to extract and refine. In ...