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    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Special ReportThe World 2023
      Companies race to work around choke points in world trade

      Geopolitical risks are driving efforts to diversify but there are no quick solutions

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Mining
      Sweden discovers biggest rare earths deposit in EU

      Lapland mine could help reduce Europe’s dependence on China imports

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      Misha Glenny
      The scramble for rare earths carries big geopolitical risks

      But without these metals there are limited solutions to our planetary problems

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Special ReportEnergy Transition
      Europe lags China in race for electric car supply chain

      Lithium from hard rock for batteries and rare earths for magnets and motors underscore main Asian competitor’s dominance

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      Solvay SA
      Solvay plans rare earths push as EU seeks to break reliance on China

      Belgian group to create Europe’s second facility producing elements vital in electric cars and wind turbines

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Experts cast doubts over UK’s first rare earths processing site

      Government launches strategy to bolster supply of critical minerals with £150mn investment in Hull facility

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Pro-China group attacks US rare earths plant in fake social media posts

      Cyber campaign comes as Washington tries to boost self-sufficiency in critical minerals

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      News in-depthBatteries
      China taps markets for $10bn to cement clean tech supremacy

      Country dominates electric vehicle supply chain as west races to develop rare earths production

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Pentagon bankrolls rare earths plant as US plays catch-up to China

      Australia’s Lynas will build facility in Texas with $120mn of funding from Washington

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Australia backs rare earths mine to reduce China’s supply dominance

      $100mn project finance for Yangibana expected to feed Europe’s automotive sector

    • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
      China merges 3 rare earths miners to strengthen dominance of sector

      New entity hailed as ‘aircraft carrier’ of its industry for its market power and strategic importance

    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      Special purpose acquisition companies
      Deep sea mining group left in lurch after $200m disappears

      ‘Pipe’ investment that failed to materialise during Spac merger overshadows listing of The Metals Company

    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Hochschild Mining PLC
      Hochschild to spin out Chilean rare earths project

      London-listed precious metals miner to list Aclara on Toronto stock exchange

    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      Biden faces green dilemma in push to build US rare earths capacity

      White House wants to reduce reliance on China for critical materials but environmentalists have raised objections

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      US-China trade dispute
      US targets China rare earth magnets for possible tariffs

      Biden considers investigation of neodymium magnets in bid to reduce dependency on Beijing

    • Monday, 1 March, 2021
      North American groups seek to break China’s grip on rare earths supply

      New production method for metals vital to advanced technology comes as Beijing considers export ban

    • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry

      Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors

    • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
      LombardBryce Elder
      Online retailers are playing a risky game with the UK high street

      Deals pursued by Boohoo and Asos will hit town centres; a rare earth project where cash is sparse

    • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
      Trade Secrets
      The EU plan to live in a raw materials world Premium content

      China supplies 98% of the bloc’s rare earths, and has exploited that bottleneck

    • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
      Chinese politics & policy
      State interference threatens China’s control of rare earth production

      Producers complain that policies to keep prices high are hurting a vital industry

    • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
      The Commodities Note
      The world must counter China’s dominance of rare earths

      Country has grip on swath of minerals crucial to future key industries

    • Monday, 21 September, 2020
      Explainer3 min
      Why China's control of rare earths matters

      The obscure elements are vital for high-tech manufacturing

    • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
      Trade Secrets
      Rare earths and a decade of failure to diversify Premium content

      It’s hard to increase output, given huge entry costs, skills shortages, IP issues and environmental regulations

    • Monday, 14 September, 2020
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      US-China: Washington revives plans for its rare earths industry

      Other nations intend to reduce dependence on Beijing for elements critical to everything from wind turbines to F-35 jets

    • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
      Inside BusinessJamie Smyth
      Industry needs a rare earths supply chain outside China

      Resource security requires corporate collaboration as well as public funding

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