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How realistic is India's quest for magnets made of rare earths
India hopes to make its own rare earth magnets for domestic use In November 2025, India approved a 73bn-rupee ($800m; £600m) plan that…
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US to host meeting on rare earths as China-Japan spat simmers
The discussions are expected to also include officials from Australia, South Korea, India, Mexico and the European Union THE US will host…
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Tensions remain high as China and EU prepare Brussels meeting on rare earths
A planned meeting between EU Trade Commissioner Maros Šefčovič and his Chinese counterpart was cancelled on Friday, as the European…
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Foxconn sees limited impact from China rare earths curbs for now
The company has been riding the wave of the AI boom and reported earlier this month record third-quarter revenue Taiwan’s Foxconn, the…
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Earth’s Poet of Scale
If there was one absence in Burtynsky’s account of our time, however, it was the single greatest result of all that mining, burning, and…
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China’s rare earths grip gives Xi leverage in US trade duel
AFTER the US and China agreed in Geneva to lower tariffs from astronomical heights, tensions are now surging over access to chips and rare…
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China hits back at US tariffs with export controls on key rare earths
[BEIJING/LONDON] China placed export restrictions on rare earth elements on Friday (Apr 4) as part of its sweeping response to US…
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Lynas profit slumps 85% as low rare earths prices take toll
The miner’s performance indicates the market is still over-supplied, with rare earth oxide prices down due to strong output from China and…
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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
A private company is aiming to heave a microwave oven-size spacecraft toward an asteroid later this week, its goal to kick off a future…
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Earth's inner core isn't just slowing, it's also shape-shifting, study finds
USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth’s enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time…
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Mega meteorite tore up seabed and boiled Earth's oceans
A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, scientists have…