Bags of mixed rare earth elements sit ready for shipment at the Lynas Rare Earths facility in Gebeng, near Kuantan. (AFP pic) GEBENG: Workers load tonnes of rare earth minerals into bags ready for shipping at a refinery in eastern Malaysia, fuelling the global pushback against China’s grip on the critical sector. Rare earths are…
By Ernest Scheyder and Pratima Desai (Reuters) -China for decades has sought to manipulate global critical minerals prices, using its control as an economic weapon to expand its manufacturing sector and its geopolitical influence, a U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Wednesday. The allegations, contained in a 50-page report from the bipartisan U.S. House…
President Donald Trump said Friday on his social media site that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an upcoming trip to South Korea, after China restricted exports of rare earths vital to U.S. industries. Trump suggested he is considering a “massive increase” in import taxes on Chinese…
China has placed sweeping new restrictions on rare earth materials and equipment in a move that could deny U.S. companies and defense contractors access to critical building blocks in their supply chains. The export controls, laid out on Thursday in two notices issued by China’s Commerce Ministry, were a subtle shot across the bow to…
After his high-stakes summit with US President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in August, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that cooperation with the United States in the Arctic was “very possible”. “We see that Arctic cooperation is also very possible in our international context. For example, between the far east of Russia and the…
Registered dietitians told us that most adults should aim to eat between 25 and 30g of protein at every meal. Keep in mind that appetites and nutritional needs vary, so think of this as a general goal. “For most people this a pretty good range,” said Jason Ewoldt, a registered dietitian nutritionist at the Mayo…
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian officials and a team from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation will carry out site visits to identify investment projects as part of Kyiv’s minerals deal with Washington, Ukraine’s economy minister said on Saturday. Ukraine and the U.S. signed the deal, which had been heavily promoted by President Donald Trump, in April,…