The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...

Additionally, the Department of Defense has agreed to purchase a $400 million equity stake in rare-earth miner MP Materials, ...

Donald Trump is pushing the U.S. government deeper into corporate boardrooms, taking direct ownership stakes and executive ...

The Trump administration has shown that it’s willing to buy up stakes in publicly traded companies, a level of intervention ...

President Trump will get to decide where to invest Japanese money and the United States will keep 90 percent of the profits, ...

No country can successfully manage 21st-century challenges alone. What is missing is a coherent and effective multilateral ...

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...

An aerial view of a mining site in a desert landscape. MP Materials’ rare earth mine in California. The US Department of Defense is making a major investment in the company to spur the ...

Decades of process innovation and industrial policy helped China corner the rare earths market while the US fell behind.

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

Beijing uses its near-monopoly on critical minerals to win trade concessions. Can the U.S. find alternate supplies?