China is blocking exports of these vital minerals. What makes them so special?

From fighter planes to nuclear reactor rods and smartphones, rare earth minerals are vital to a wide array of products. As ...

China’s new restrictions on exports of the metals could have an impact on the production of everything from LED lights to ...

China is retaliating against U.S. tariffs by restricting exports of rare earth minerals. Minerals expert Gracelin Baskaran explains why these little-known-elements are so vital to defense and tech.

There are 17 rare earth elements (REEs ... is rare in terms of mine supply is scandium, a critical metal that is as strong as titanium, as light as aluminum and as hard as ceramic.

America’s only rare earths mine has fielded calls from anxious companies since China responded to President Donald Trump's ...

A research team led by Prof. LIU Gang from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has achieved a breakthrough in photocatalytic water splitting by developing a ...

Currently, the project has an ore resource of 1.4 billion mt, with a titanium grade of 12% and a total rare earth oxide (TREO) grade of 0.4%. In terms of metal content, the titanium content is 165 ...

Measured and indicated resources increased by almost 37% to 1.4 billion tonnes at 12% titanium dioxide (TiO₂) and 4,000 parts ...

In news that highlights Brazil’s potential to step into the critical minerals breach, the higher-confidence measured and ...