Ahead of a visit to Beijing, he said there were "substantial" financial, industrial, technological and human resource opportunities for Russia and China

The Australian government agreed on Wednesday to provide a US$100m loan to fund the Yangibana rare earths mine proposed by Hastings Technology Metals in the Gascoyne region

Two US senators sent a letter to US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo complaining her department is hampering efforts to restrict exports to China chip maker SMIC.

Beijing also set the quota for smelting and separation, the ministries of Industry and Information Technology and Natural Resources said

Tong Lee Seung Industrial Development gained permission to excavate 3 square kilometres in Xieng Khouang province’s Phaxay district

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.