China on Wednesday began public consultation on new regulations designed to protect its domestic rare earth industry, a sector where Beijing has previously weaponized its dominance via export ...

China has already established a strong presence in Central Asia's mining sector, creating a competitive landscape for the ... Chris Wright raised the topic of rare earths during a March 13 meeting ...

China plans to prohibit non-state companies from mining rare earths, further tightening its control over a strategic sector that has emerged as a battleground in its trade war with the US.

BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - China's exports of rare earths declined 3% in the first two months of 2025 from the same period a year earlier, data from the General Administration of Customs showed ...

[ZHANG LANG/CHINA ... tech landscape amid rising political suppression from Western countries. Wang Peng, an associate researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said: "The rare ...