The U.S. lost its rare earth processing expertise decades ago, and rebuilding it is proving far harder than mining the ...

May 2026 update finds upstream mining gaining ground, but separation, metallization, and high-performance magnet ...

Between mining and the finished product lies a complex chain of separation, refining and advanced manufacturing. Since the 1990s, however, the United States has lost much of its critical mineral ...

Quick Read MP Materials (MP) surged 194% over the past year as the U.S. flagship rare earth producer, though at a 43.9 ...

Inside a Malaysian refinery central to U.S. efforts to break China’s grip on rare earths powering defense and global supply ...

The company is making significant progress in its domestic "mine-to-magnet" business as the U.S. focuses on critical minerals ...

China’s near‑monopoly over rare earth processing has turned a once‑obscure corner of mining into a frontline of geopolitical competition, forcing the U.S. and its allies into a costly race to catch up ...

USA Rare Earth (USAR +2.17%) stock soared by 71.6% in April, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The move ...

At one point in history, one U.S. company monopolized the rare earths industry. Then China took over the industry. Can the U.S. bring it back?Rare earths are critical to making, like, everything. From ...

In October 2025, something wild happened on the global stage that clearly demonstrated one of the Western world’s most glaring weaknesses…but most people in the United States missed it entirely. This ...

For two decades, China has used pricing manipulation, export controls, and market flooding to stop Western companies building ...

NEW YORK, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1992, China's political leader Deng Xiaoping made a comparison that should've set off alarms across the West: "There is oil in the Middle East; there is ...