The LKAB facility in Kiruna, Sweden. The company said on Jan. 12 that it found Europe’s biggest known deposit of rare earth elements there.Jonas Ekstromer |…

FILE PHOTO: Workers transporting soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, Oct. 31, 2010.Stringer | ReutersChina on Tuesday…

A dump truck moves raw ore inside the pit at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials, in Mountain Pass, California, U.S., on Friday, June…

What does your smartphone have in common with a solar panel, or an EV battery, or a piece of military equipment? They’re all made using critical…

Kaleigh Harrison First Solar Inc. has become the first company in the solar power sector to officially ban the use of deep sea-mined minerals in its…

Workers transporting soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, Oct. 31, 2010.Stringer | ReutersBEIJING — China will start…

Workers in July 2019 expand a mine in Germany intended to increase supplies of tungsten and fluorspar. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesBEIJING — U.S.…

Integumen PLC (LON:SKIN) said it has signed a material transfer agreement (MTA) with a company called Aptamer Group that will allow the pair to develop and manufacture…

Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW) and Red Rock Resources PLC (LON:RRR) said an upsurge in interest in the Victoria Goldfields area has prompted their joint venture…