By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who has covered China’s rare earth industry since 2009, reported from Beijing, Ganzhou and Longnan, China. China shook the world in 2010 when it imposed an ...

The United States obtains more than half of them, including a category of 17 minerals known as “rare earths,” mostly from China. And this week, China tightened its export restrictions on six ...

As China imposes export controls on rare earth elements, the U.S. would be unable to fill a potential shortfall, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington ...