China has suddenly moved to control global access to rare earth elements - REEs for short - that are vital for semiconductor ...

Here’s a breakdown of how China came to control the rare earths industry, why these materials are indispensable to modern economies, and how renewed trade tensions are shaping the global market ...

Remember having to study the periodic table in high school chemistry? There was always that group of elements set off on their own because they didn't easily fit onto the laminated wall poster hung ...

Exports of 12 of them are now restricted after the Ministry of Commerce added five - holmium, erbium, thulium, europium and ...

In a separate release at the same time, the ministry also added dozens of pieces of rare earth processing equipment to the ...

China has further tightened export restrictions on rare earths ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ...

Researchers at HSE University and the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a way to control both the colour and brightness of the glow emitted by ...

China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls on Thursday, adding five new elements and extra scrutiny for ...