China’s Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...

U.S. officials said they confirmed that Beijing would continue to allow for the export of rare earth magnets, one of the ...

China's exports of rare-earth magnets to the United States in June surged more than six times from May levels, following ...

China’s rare earth export controls were “specifically designed to hit the US defense industry, and I cannot envision China stepping back from that,” said Thomas Kruemmer, director of the ...

India's Eicher Motors reported that a shortage of rare earth magnets disrupted its first-quarter production of performance ...

Beijing curbed rare earth and magnet exports in April in retaliation against U.S. tariffs, driving down magnet makers' offshore sales at the same time as they face pressure from a weak economy and ...

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Picture taken October 31, 2010.

The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...

On Monday, China announced export controls on two rare earth metals, gallium and germanium, starting on August 1. These critical rare earth metals are used in microchip production. On Wednesday, a ...

How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world The licensing system replaces a cruder, less flexible means of economic leverage.