The domestic rare-earth industry has gone from zero to hero in the blink of an eye this year, as the U.S. suddenly realized that ceding a small upstream commodity industry to China threatened ...
India’s newly announced $800 million Rare Earth strategy has arrived at the right moment—that of acute geopolitical and economic vulnerability. Earlier in January, the Indian government had launched ...
The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals. Sojitz, a Japanese conglomerate, turned to Lynas, an Australian mining ...
From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but heavily polluting industry. A refinery on the outskirts of Wuxi, China, is the ...
News Business How Japan built a rare-earth supply chain without China Sun., Dec. 21, 2025 The Lynas refinery under construction in Kuantan, Malaysia, in 2011. Sojitz, a Japanese conglomerate, turned ...