Some Central Asian officials have quietly complained that there has been little follow up to the US expressions of interest in the region’s critical minerals. Meanwhile, China, which already has a ...

On July 11, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Wyoming’s top elected officials were in the Cowboy state celebrating something that last happened when Dwight Eisenhower was president and the Brooklyn ...

The U.S. has struck a deal with the Cook Islands to help capitalize on the island nation's critical mineral potential.

Angela Huyue Zhang shows why overwhelming Chinese dominance of the sector limits US options in the countries' trade war.

The world's superpowers have developed a seemingly insatiable appetite for the critical minerals that are essential to the ongoing energy and digital transitions, including rare-earth metals (for ...

Many leaders have warned for years about America’s reliance on China for rare earth minerals, several of which are critical ...

China controls over 80% of solar supply chains and 60% of EV battery production. Credit: Creativa Images/Shutterstock.com. The Trump administration’s stance on the green transition has been incredibly ...

President Donald Trump has set about inking deals with the continent's leaders to counter China's outsized influence.

A proposal by South Africa’s biggest mining company and other business leaders advising President Cyril Ramaphosa on how to ...

It emphasized that combating the smuggling and illegal export of strategic minerals has become an urgent and critical task, calling on all departments to focus on the strategic mineral sector, ...

The recent U.S. decision to impose a 39% levy stunned the Alpine nation and upended months of negotiations. A private gauge of China's services sector showed activity expanded at the fastest pace in ...

China's tightening export controls on critical minerals like rare earths, germanium, gallium, and antimony are significantly ...