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Despite a trade detente between the U.S. and China, access to Chinese-dominated rare earths remains a pressing issue for global companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

The real wake-up call came last year when China imposed export controls on rare earths, sending shockwaves across supply chains globally.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

When Lacaze took the position in 2014, the company had one big thing going for it: its mine, Mount Weld, an eroded ancient volcano in Western Australia with an anomalously high concentration of rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

A report this month by the US-China Business Council found that ongoing Chinese export restrictions have made some rare earths nearly unobtainable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

“Adiah was able to take that volume of splendor into her body nearly a hundred years ago, during the Bonding, when it rose to the earths surface in a greater magnitude than usual,” she said.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray