rare earths

Access to Ukraine's rare earths may help keep U.S. aid flowing

5:28pm February 14, 2025

As the Trump administration publicly hammers out its plans on the Ukraine war, it's also pressing Ukraine for deals in exchange for more aid — including giving the U.S. mining rights for rare earths.

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The iron ore mine in Kiruna, north of the Arctic Circle, is one of the world's largest iron ore mines.

It's a journey to the center of the rare earths discovered in Sweden

9:01am July 18, 2023

by Jackie Northam

Sweden says it found the largest deposit in Europe of rare earths — ingredients in a host of technologies from e-vehicles to wind turbines. Mining and processing them is another story.

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They made a material that doesn't exist on Earth. That's only the start of the story.

6:30am November 08, 2022

by Paddy Hirsch

A scientific discovery could forever change China and the U.S. industrial balance.

Narsaq, a town of 1,200 in southern Greenland, sits near the Kvanefjeld project, one of two major rare earth mineral deposits in Greenland. The Arctic island has a wealth of rare earth resources that the U.S. has labeled as essential to national defense.

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Greenland Is Not For Sale. But It Has Rare Earth Minerals America Wants

4:43pm November 27, 2019

by Jackie Northam

The Arctic island has a wealth of rare earth resources that the U.S. has labeled as essential to national defense.

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A worker in China shifts soil containing rare earth minerals intended for export in 2010. Rare earths are used in important technologies, and a commentary in China's People's Daily newspaper on Wednesday said the U.S. endangers its supply from China by wa

'Plenty Of Cards To Play': Chinese Media Suggest Cutting Rare Earth Exports To U.S.

5:11pm May 29, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Rare earths are used in communications, health care and national security. China blocked rare earths to Japan in 2010, but analysts say the threat — regardless of the trade war — may be hollow.