Category: rare earth

China’s Stranglehold Over the US With Rare Earths

From batteries in electric vehicles to the colors in our smartphones, to our most advanced military weapons—rare earth and critical minerals are at the heart of our modern life. In this special report, we look at what China’s dominance in the world’s rare earth means for us, how that impacts every sector of society from…


US ‘Heavily Dependent’ on China for Rare Earth Elements: Experts

The United States’ dependency on China for rare earth elements is a security risk, according to lawmakers and experts, and is being exacerbated by the Biden administration’s forced transition to so-called “green” technologies. The Biden administration’s top-down push toward renewables requires an enormous growth in the mining of rare earth elements. Currently, the United States…


US Wants to End Dependence on China Rare Earths: Treasury Secretary

SEOUL—The United States wants to end its “undue dependence” on rare earths, solar panels, and other key goods from China to prevent Beijing from cutting off supplies as it has done to other countries, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. Yellen, who arrived in Seoul late on Monday, told Reuters she was pushing for increased…


China’s Dominance in Rare Earth Processing Leaves US Defense Industry Vulnerable: Expert

As China already controls more than 85 percent of the global market for refining rare earth minerals, the United States’ defense industry could run into trouble if the imports of these elements are halted, according to Luisa Moreno, president of Defense Metals, a Vancouver-based mineral exploration company. Rare earth is used in various industries, according to…


Pro-Beijing Disinformation Operation Targets Western Mining Firms

A pro-Beijing online influence campaign, known as Dragonbridge, has targeted major Australian, U.S., and Canadian rare earth miners who pose a threat to China’s dominance of supply chains for the precious resource. U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant has been tracking Dragonbridge since June 2019, revealing that the group comprised a network of “thousands of inauthentic accounts”…


Pro-Beijing Disinformation Operation Targets Western Rare Earth Mining Firms

A pro-Beijing online influence campaign, known as Dragonbridge, has targeted major Australian, U.S., and Canadian rare earth miners who pose a threat to China’s dominance of supply chains for the precious resource. U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant has been tracking Dragonbridge since June 2019, revealing that the group comprised a network of “thousands of inauthentic accounts”…


Pro-Beijing Disinformation Operators Target Australian, US Rare Earth Mining Firms

A pro-Beijing online influence campaign, known as Dragonbridge, has targeted major Australian, U.S., and Canadian rare earth miners who pose a threat to China’s dominance of supply chains for the precious resource. U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant has been tracking Dragonbridge since June 2019, revealing that the group comprised a network of “thousands of inauthentic accounts”…


Pro-Beijing Disinformation Operators Target Australian, US, Canadian Rare Earth Miners

A pro-Beijing online influence campaign, known as Dragonbridge, has targeted major Australian, U.S., and Canadian rare earth miners who pose a threat to China’s dominance of supply chains for the precious resource. U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant has been tracking Dragonbridge since June 2019, revealing that the group comprised a network of “thousands of inauthentic accounts”…


Environmentalists Pose Problems for Biden’s Green Energy Goals

As the Biden Administration announces drastic steps to push forward its green energy scheme, it faces determined opposition, not from Republicans, but from radical environmental groups. At the end of the first quarter, Biden announced that his green energy agenda was a national emergency and thus activated the Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 declaring…


Chinese Giant Attempts to Muscle in on Australian Miner’s Lithium Project

Australian company, AVZ Minerals, is locked in a legal battle with one of China’s largest miners, Zijin Mining, over an ownership stake that could determine control of one of the world’s largest lithium deposits located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is not the first challenge Australian miners have faced from competing Chinese interests…