The move targets two U.S. manufacturers at the center of the Trump administration’s effort to rebuild the domestic supply chain for critical magnets. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher has covered the ...

In “The Myth of Sisyphus,” the French novelist Albert Camus outlined his philosophy of the absurdity of life. We humans desperately seek meaning, he wrote in 1942, but the universe only responds with ...

Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist classic “Exit the King” explores mortality through madcap farce as a dying monarch confronts his 90-minute countdown to death at A Noise Within. The play, a pillar of the ...

Eugène Ionesco’s 1959 classic Rhinoceros pushes realism overboard to leave humor as humanity’s last hope in an absurdist world. The play begins as a crowd of bustling townspeople turn from their café ...

Rare Earths Americas is expected to make its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) debut today. The company, which focuses on “heavy rare earths” projects in the United States and Brazil, will make its ...

In recent years, the U.S. has taken steps to de-risk its supply chain away from non-Chinese sources of heavy rare-earth elements and critical minerals. As global trade tensions heat up, China has ...

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An aerial view of warehouses, ponds, and connecting pipes at a chemical plant. Serra Verde’s mine in Brazil is the first mine outside Asia to exploit ion-adsorption clays, rich in heavy rare earths.

USA Rare Earth USAR-2.07%decrease; down pointing triangle has agreed to acquire the owner of a rare-earth mine and processing plant in Brazil, a move that would strengthen its mine-to-magnets supply ...

USA Rare Earth announced plans to buy Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde in a deal worth $2.8 billion. Rare earths have come to the fore as a key bargaining chip in the ongoing geopolitical ...

Deal adds heavy rare earths mine to USA Rare Earth's portfolio Serra Verde secures 15-year offtake for four rare earths Serra Verde leaders to join USA Rare Earth; owners to hold 34% stake USA Rare ...

About a decade after he bought a shuttered rare earths mine that was, literally, partially underwater, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky has transformed his business into a pivotal player in America's ...