An Australian firm's production of a heavy rare earth, a first outside of China, is a "major milestone" in diversifying a critical supply chain dominated by Beijing, experts say. But the announcement ...

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. has become the first commercial producer of so-called ‘heavy’ rare earths outside China, refining dysprosium oxide at its facility in Malaysia, it said in a statement.

In the United States, a disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 people. When it costs pharmaceutical companies $2 billion, on average, to bring a new drug to market for any ...

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric cars, medical advances and national defense. Ongoing extraction inside ...

As demand for rare earth elements increases, the United States is strengthening its domestic supply chain. Ana Inés Torres is working to identify economical processes that will minimize environmental ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Rare earth elements, comprising 17 metals, are essential for technologies such as electric motors, medical imaging, and electronics. Although not truly rare ...

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Jiangsu province, China. (China Stringer Network/Reuters) Each F-35 Lightning II aircraft contains more than 900 ...

But it also comes at a key moment for the American economy amid its growing trade war with China, a major producer of rare earths and other critical minerals. The new deal was described by Yulia ...

It’s not often that a beauty brand reshapes how we talk about mental health. But Rare Beauty, founded by Selena Gomez, has done just that — built a mission-driven business where beauty meets ...

Western Digital says it's created an initiative to retrieve rare earth metals from hard drives that are being cycled out of data centers. The tech company, best known for its digital storage ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those ...

China’s decision to suspend exports of rare earth minerals highlights a significant national security vulnerability that cannot be addressed by executive power alone. Three decades ago ...