Thailand is facing one of its most serious environmental crises as toxic pollution from rare earth mining in Myanmar’s Shan State contaminates the Kok and Sai rivers. Arsenic levels far exceed safety ...

Rare earth elements are essential materials used in many modern technologies. The Silent Power Behind Global Technology These ...

While China has a near monopoly on rare earth element processing and refining, it has quietly become reliant on raw materials ...

It’s no wonder automakers are nervous about rare earth minerals these days, because the supply has been severely pinched.

From missiles to smartphones, rare earth minerals power the modern world. But China’s dominance has triggered a global race ...

An international human rights group said that Chinese rare earth minerals are being produced through forced labor as ...

Even after Trump-Xi call, China’s rare-earth controls aren’t going away. China views its rare earths as a national security issue, not a trade one, and that’s why Beijing is unlikely to ...

Rare earths are a group of 17 elements found in the Earth's crust. Two months after China suspended exports of seven critical rare earth metals and powerful magnets made from them, the ban is ...

A call for responsible mining. China has reduced domestic mining for rare-earth elements, increasing the exploitation of deposits in neighboring Myanmar. Chinese imports of so-called heavy rare earth ...

"The rare earth sludge dries out in wood-fired kilns, and areas close to the mining sites constantly smell bad," said Lahtaw Kai, adding that she and her research team cannot stay there for more ...