Once obscure, the rare earths sector has been increasingly in the news as the U.S. government moves to diversify sourcing of the elements, which are used in a wide variety of devices, away from China.
Hard disk drives contain valuable materials that are used in their construction and operation. This includes rare-earth magnetics that are used in the rotary actuator that allows the heads to write ...
The Trump administration's push to secure U.S. supply chains of rare earth minerals amid trade tensions with China features a public-private partnership with a domestic producer that now has the ...
US Defense Dept to become MP Materials' biggest shareholder Deal will boost US output of rare earths, loosen China's dominance Defense Dept will also guarantee a floor price for key rare earths Floor ...
What do EVs, fighter jets and digital cameras have in common? Rare earth elements that are wanted everywhere but only sourced in some places. Rare earth elements are a group of 17 chemical elements ...