Rare earth elements are an easy-to-find, hard-to-refine resource critical for everything from magnets and electronics to batteries and catalysts for chemical reactions. Since the 1980s, a race has been on between the United States and China for dominance of the rare earth element market—and the United States is losing.

USA Rare Earth increased +12% on January 5th, closing close to $15.80 after reaching a high of $16.14. The widely discussed catalyst was speculation regarding a

As China has begun to impose restrictions on rare earths, a one-year pause not withstanding, the U.S. is racing to build up its own supply chain. As part of president Trump’s agreement with Chinese president Xi, China agreed to temporarily back off some ...

Call it "The Art of the Rare Earth Deal." President Trump has embarked on bold new rare earths diplomacy to reduce China’s global dominance in the rare earth supply chain needed to power industries worldwide. And to do it, Trump is moving to strike rare ...

Stocks for producers of rare earth elements rose Thursday after President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a truce to ease restrictions on exports of the minerals from China. The market reaction suggests that investors appreciate the ...

The Australian sharemarket finished flat on Monday, with uranium and rare earths gains offset by weakness in consumer and tech stocks, as investors largely shrugged off Venezuela tensions.