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The Only U.S. Rare Earth Mine May Win Big From Trump’s China Tariffs
MP Materials, operator of the Mountain Pass mine in California’s Mojave Desert, is ramping up supplies of the critical ...
China has halted rare earth exports, can Australia step up?
Both China and Australia have rare earth reserves. But 90% of rare earth refining – which makes them usable in technology – ...
The Associated Press on MSN5d
Chinese export limits energizes push for more US rare earths mines, including one in Nebraska
America’s only rare earths mine in California can’t meet the U.S. demand, which is why President Trump is pushing for new ...
C&EN4d
Will China’s rare earth export rules spur production elsewhere?
New rules requiring firms in China to get a license before exporting some rare earth elements are bolstering plans to ...
The New York Times4d
Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla’s Robots
China produces the entire world’s supply of heavy rare earth metals, from ore mined in China and Myanmar, and 90 percent of magnets made with these metals. Japan produces the rest of the magnets ...
The Manila Times on MSN3d
Australia to stockpile critical minerals in strategic reserve
Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as ...
Rare earths mined in Africa headed to WA in twist on Labor’s critical minerals processing dream
Rare earths mined in Africa could be shipped to Australia for processing under a joint venture uniting an ASX minnow, ...
Bad News for China: Rare Earth Elements Aren’t That Rare
China is limiting US access to critical minerals in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but the move isn’t as ...
Sadly for China, rare Earth elements aren’t actually all that rare
Earlier this month, the Chinese government escalated things even further, subjecting seven rare earth elements to a more ...
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The world’s rarest penguins don’t fear the heat. Here's how they learned to embrace it.
“We’re measuring him for a suit,” she joked. (The Galapagos penguin, one of the world's rarest, sees a glimmer of hope.) Fifty-four years ago, when I started this, I thought Galapagos ...