Metals like cobalt, nickel and platinum, which are in short supply on Earth, can be found in M-type asteroids

Prices of gallium and germanium have nearly doubled in the months since China tamped down their exports

The comic, published by the country's intelligence agency, is a new effort by the authoritarian Xi Jinping-government to 'inspire people' to join anti-espionage efforts

Improved rail links between the countries could open up the possibility of tie-ups on exploiting Vietnam’s vast rare earths deposits

The fund’s push to remove Northern Minerals' chairman comes after the miner asked Australian authorities to investigate whether ‘Chinese interests’ were trying to bypass an earlier ban on greater stake in the firm

The two automaker groups joined the startup’s latest $33 million funding round as it works to develop permanent magnets built without rare earths

In a first, China has added rare earths to its list of minerals that need to be reported to authorities for export

Rare earths have emerged as particularly significant to the global clean energy transition as countries around the world race to meet their carbon emissions goals

Police arrested the chairman of Vietnam Rare Earth JSC (VTRE) — a company at the forefront of the country’s drive to boost its rare earth industry and rival China

Both gallium and germanium are key to chipmaking, and Chinese exporters of the metals now need to obtain an export licence for dual-use items and technologies

China has already claimed exclusive rights to excavate 92,000 square miles of international seabed

The country, which boasts the world’s second-largest rare earth deposits, is to auction off multiple blocks of its Dong Pao mine before the year's end