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Even after Trump-Xi call, China’s rare earth controls aren’t going away
China views its rare earths as a national security issue, not a trade one, and that’s why Beijing is unlikely to loosen ...
Analysis-China’s rare earth weapon changes contours of trade war battlefield
By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -China has signalled for more than 15 years that it was looking to weaponise areas of the ...
China’s rare earth weapon changes contours of trade war battlefield
The scramble in recent weeks to secure export licences for rare earths shows China has devised a better, more precisely ...
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Commentary: Trump-Xi call yields conflicting accounts despite trade breakthrough claims
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Thursday, June 5, 2025, agreeing to hold further ...
Explícame on MSN13h
How rare earth talks between the U.S. and China could affect your phone's future
U.S.-China tensions over rare earth minerals threaten smartphone production, risking higher costs and supply shortages.
China Breaks Silence on Minerals Chokehold Threatening Trump and US Allies
Negotiations have since stalled. Trump has accused China of violating the agreement, without specifying how. Beijing believes Washington breached the consensus by tightening export controls on AI ...
The National Interest18h
Dig, Baby, Dig Part I: A Primer on US Rare Earth Dependencies
The greatest US vulnerability is a political and economic system that slows rare earth development, despite its national ...
Buildots raises $45M to help companies track construction progress
In the construction industry, managers can easily become disconnected from what’s happening on-site. Founded in 2018 by Roy ...
Mining Weekly9d
Lynas begins first heavy rare earth output outside China
Australia's Lynas Rare Earths has achieved first production of dysprosium oxide at its Malaysian plant, making it the only commercial producer of separated heavy rare earths outside China.
Here's How Intel Could Be Affected by the United States' Rare Earths Trade With China
China had restricted the export of rare earths in an escalation of the trade war with the U.S. Rare earths are critical to ...
Radio France Internationale14d
Rare earth production outside China 'major milestone'
The announcement comes with China's REE supply caught up in its trade war with Washington. It is unclear whether a 90-day truce means Chinese export controls on some rare earths will be lifted ...
scmp.com15d
China’s rare earth exports surged ahead of Trump trade war escalation
Overseas buyers may have stockpiled strategically important rare earths ahead of Beijing’s export controls on the critical minerals amid China-US trade tensions and reliance on Chinese suppliers ...