While the US voices strong interest in Central Asia’s critical minerals, China is rapidly cementing dominance through ...

China has severely curtailed its supply of critical minerals to the U.S. in recent months, showing the American ...

Beijing is squeezing the flow of key elements needed to make defense systems, a sign of the leverage China has over the U.S. military supply chain.

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 ...

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

Critical minerals play an essential role in security and technological competitiveness, but the United States relies heavily on imports from China and other foreign sources. The Trump administration ...

China controls over 80% of critical materials used in batteries essential for United States defense technologies, a new ...

Critical minerals, which include lithium and rare-earth elements, underpin the defense and energy sectors. They are essential to technologies from chips to F-35 fighter jets—and currently, the United ...

The Albanese government has waved through a Chinese investor’s purchase of shares in lithium miner Liontown days after ...

Australia is considering setting a price floor to support critical minerals projects, including rare earths, Resources ...

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

China's critical minerals resources are dwindling In the drab industrial hub of Ganzhou, cradled by the scenic Dayu Mountains, the U.S.-China trade war is still a distant stressor.