Minecraft: Trump's Critical Minerals, Rare Earths Efforts Face 'Strangleholds' and 'Curses'

Men face serious penalties after being caught red-handed at protected rare earth site: 'A serious breach of site security'

With rare earth deposits foregrounding many a geopolitical discussion these days, countries are doing their best to protect and maximize their reserves. Recently, Malawi police arrested two Chinese nationals found trespassing and performing "unauthorized geological sampling" on the site of Malawi's Kangankunde Rare Earths Project. Rare earth elements are crucial to supporting growth in clean energy industries, from wind turbines to electric vehi…

Minecraft: Trump's critical minerals, rare earths efforts face 'strangleholds' and 'curses'

U.S. President Donald Trump has talked up the need to bolster domestic production of critical minerals and is looking to forge more rare earths and precious metals mining deals with other countries after brokering the framework of an accord with…

China approves rare-earth exports to US: report

BEIJING -- The Chinese government has issued licenses to companies to export rare earths to the U.S., Chinese news site Caixin reported on Friday, in