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Rare earths

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  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    North American groups seek to break China’s grip on rare earths supply

    New production method for metals vital to advanced technology comes as Beijing considers export ban

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    Chinese politics & policy
    China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry

    Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    LombardBryce Elder
    Online retailers are playing a risky game with the UK high street

    Deals pursued by Boohoo and Asos will hit town centres; a rare earth project where cash is sparse

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    The EU plan to live in a raw materials world Premium

    China supplies 98% of the bloc’s rare earths, and has exploited that bottleneck

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Chinese politics & policy
    State interference threatens China’s control of rare earth production

    Producers complain that policies to keep prices high are hurting a vital industry

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    The Commodities Note
    The world must counter China’s dominance of rare earths

    Country has grip on swath of minerals crucial to future key industries

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Explainer3 min
    Why China's control of rare earths matters

    The obscure elements are vital for high-tech manufacturing

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    Rare earths and a decade of failure to diversify Premium

    It’s hard to increase output, given huge entry costs, skills shortages, IP issues and environmental regulations

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    US-China: Washington revives plans for its rare earths industry

    Other nations intend to reduce dependence on Beijing for elements critical to everything from wind turbines to F-35 jets

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
    Inside BusinessJamie Smyth
    Industry needs a rare earths supply chain outside China

    Resource security requires corporate collaboration as well as public funding

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Pentagon backs Lynas to break China’s rare earths stranglehold

    Australian-listed miner secures funding from US for processing plant in Texas

  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
    Australia’s Lynas warns on rare earths supply chain 

    Main non-China producer says it may need public funds to weather coronavirus downturn

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Australia to offer cheap loans to boost rare earths

    Canberra and Washington team up in bid to curb China’s dominance of critical elements

  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    scoutAsia Research
    How Xi Jinping threw Malaysian rare earths a lifeline Premium

    Geopolitics trumped environmental worries after Chinese threat to curb exports

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    Mining
    Hochschild Mining acquires rare earths deposit in Chile

    Miner says market to “grow exponentially” due to renewables technologies

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
    US bids to curb China’s lead in critical minerals

    Washington steps up efforts amid concerns over availability of key raw materials

  • Sunday, 8 September, 2019
    Mining
    Burundi rare earths mine targets 20-fold output boost

    London-listed owner Rainbow seeks to expand production amid China supply fears

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
    Australia looks to break China rare earths dominance

    Canberra and Washington step up co-operation on vital minerals underpinning high-tech sector

  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2019
    News in-depth
    US enticed by Greenland’s rare earth resources

    Search is on to secure supplies of critical metals that China dominates

  • Friday, 21 June, 2019
    beyondbrics
    Strategic minerals — the new global battleground

    US-China trade war has highlighted the challenge of securing rare earth supplies

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2019
    News in Focus podcast11 min listen
    The weaponisation of China's rare earths

    As part of its trade war with the US, China has threatened to restrict exports of ra…

  • Thursday, 6 June, 2019
    London-listed rare earth producers surge on Pentagon comments
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
    US warns China halt to rare earths could cause ‘significant shocks’

    Commerce department said the US was heavily dependent on foreign sources

  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2019
    FT CollectionsChina rivalry
    Rare earths: Beijing threatens a new front in the trade war

    China believes its near-monopoly gives it leverage over the US but supply cuts would spur rival producers

  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    Lynas Corp Ltd
    Lynas shares up after Malaysia’s Mahathir clears plant

    Relief from threat of shutdown boosts one of few non-Chinese rare earths miners

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