So-called rare earth elements refer to 17 chemically-similar, silvery-white elements that are used to make magnets – which in ...

The US trade deal with China seeks to resolve a major sticking point of their ongoing trade war: rare-earth minerals.

The element radium can be found in extremely tiny amounts in the Earth’s crust and oceans, and in its pure form it is a soft silvery metal. To an untrained eye, a small piece of radium may look like a ...

Rare earths can be found in small but important quantities in everything from iPhones and washing machines to the F35 fighter ...