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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

Its plant in Kuantan, Malaysia, was struggling to separate out chemically similar rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

In April, USA Rare Earth, backed by U.S. government financing, agreed to pay $2.8 billion to acquire Serra Verde, the only large-scale producer outside Asia extracting rare earths from clay deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Bruno was right—the universe was infinite and there were other earths; and Kepler, who had always insisted that the sun and the Earth were unique, was plain wrong.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton