The Government of India launched the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) in 2025 to establish a robust framework for self-reliance in the critical mineral sector.

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America has a real shot at ending its dangerous reliance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for rare earth ...

MP Materials’ goal to become a national rare-earths “champion” that can go toe-to-toe with China was turbocharged by Pentagon ...

In the arid expanse of Fort Worth, Texas, workers in protective gear labor over vats of molten metal, heated to a blistering 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, crafting rare-earth metalsa ...

Gracelin Baskaran of CSIS says Japan's push to develop deep sea rare earth mining manufacturing capabilities are crucially ...

China, the biggest holder of rare earths, is weaponising them by restricting the supply. Though it has hit the EV industry in ...

The US DoD has taken a blowtorch to the critical minerals market with a $US400M equity investment into America’s only ...

While the area has traditionally been renowned for livestock, today the region embodies the stranglehold that China has over ...

Rare earth elements’ (REEs) are not actually rare in the Earth’s crust, but their extraction and processing are challenging.