Move by Serbia comes as it approaches an election, and as ties between Belgrade and Canberra sour after Sunday's high-profile deportation of Novak Djokovic

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Friday would force defense contractors to stop buying rare earths from China by 2026.

Washington is keen to help allies that can produce rare earths as an alternative to sourcing the materials in China and Lynas has become a critical partner in that effort

Combined entity would account for about 70% of China's heavy rare earths production based on quotas for the first half of 2021

State-owned China Northern Rare Earth (Group) High-Tech has agreed to form a strategic partnership with Hong Kong-listed private-sector counterpart China Rare Earth Holdings

China has shortcomings in high-end rare earth product applications and should improve its management of its rare earths quota release, an industry official has said

The country has “extremely strict” standards for issuing permits for prospecting for minerals, it said, so companies and individuals that do this without a permit risk being detained.

Authorities noted significant environmental risks uncovered during the probe, in particular affecting the Yangtze River

Agreements with MP Materials and privately-held Vacuumschmelze are the latest push by GM to reduce reliance on China

The move is being seen as a bid to strengthen China’s dominance of the global supply chain around the strategic metals

Rare earths, copper, chromium, tungsten, petroleum and natural gas are among the items on the National Development and Reform Commission menu

Exports of the 17 minerals crucial to the production of electronic components and magnets – and to many industrial processes too – are up 89% on a year ago