Beijing’s rare-earth bombshell – On October 9, 2025, China dramatically expanded export controls on critical rare earth metals, adding five more elements (holmium, erbium, thulium, europium, ytterbium) to an export-restricted list that already included seven others [1] [2]. In total, 12 of the 17 rare-earth elements are now under Chinese export curbs [3]. Beijing also imposed new licensing requirements on dozens of…
Beijing is stacking up its bargaining chips ahead of expected U.S.-China talks when Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping visit Seoul this month, announcing new export controls to tighten its grip over high-tech manufacturing supply chains. The two superpowers look to be struggling to move beyond their current tariff truce – a 90-day pause from…
China tightened its rare earth export controls on Thursday, expanding restrictions on processing technology, barring unauthorised overseas cooperation and spelling out its intention to limit exports to overseas defence and semiconductor users. The announcement from the Ministry of Commerce clarifies and expands sweeping controls announced in April that caused massive shortages around the world before…
Neodymium at a rare earth factory in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — China has tightened curbs on rare earths to include items manufactured abroad, adding another layer of restrictions on an industry that’s been a source of friction between Beijing and Washington. Overseas exporters of items that use rare earths sourced…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China tightened its rare earth export controls on Thursday, expanding restrictions on processing technology, unauthorised overseas cooperation and spelling out its intention to limit exports to overseas defence and semiconductor users. Exports of technology used to mine and process rare earths or make the associated magnets is barred without permission, the Ministry of…
China announced it is tightening the export of rare earth technologies, broadening restrictions that have been a source of tension between Beijing and Washington. Technologies related to the extraction of rare earth minerals, manufacturing of magnets and recycling of rare earths are banned from being exported unless permitted, according to a notice published Thursday by…
Innovative magnet recyclers in Ireland may soon be turning in their four-leaf clovers for four rare-earth oxides with cleaner-energy implications. That’s because experts at Ionic Rare Earths, a subsidiary of Ionic Technologies, are perfecting a way to gather a quartet of the most valuable oxides from recycled industrial magnets. It’s important work, as the elements…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s exports of rare earth magnets to the United States in June soared to more than seven times their May level, marking a sharp recovery in the flow of critical minerals used in electric vehicles and wind turbines after a Sino-U.S. trade deal. Outbound shipments to the United States from the world’s largest…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Ministry of State Security on Friday said foreign spy agencies had tried to “steal” rare earths and pledged to crack down on infiltration and espionage targeted at its critical mineral sector. Foreign intelligence agencies and their agents had colluded with “domestic lawbreakers” to steal rare earth-related items from China, posing a serious…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on Brics countries to work together in order to secure critical mineral supply chains and ensure that no one nation is able to dominate and weaponize these resources. His call at the 17th Brics Summit in Rio de Janeiro comes amid a Chinese chokehold on global…