China has suddenly moved to control global access to rare earth elements - REEs for short - that are vital for semiconductor ...

China already tightly controlled its exports of rare earths, but on Thursday (Oct 9) added five new elements, bringing the ...

Exports of 12 of them are now restricted after the Ministry of Commerce added five - holmium, erbium, thulium, europium and ...

Here’s a breakdown of how China came to control the rare earths industry, why these materials are indispensable to modern economies, and how renewed trade tensions are shaping the global market ...

In a separate release at the same time, the ministry also added dozens of pieces of rare earth processing equipment to the ...

President Trump is vowing to retaliate if China enforces stricter curbs on exports of materials used in electronics, defense weapons and high-tech products.

China said on Thursday it planned to add five more rare earth elements and related materials to its export controls list, ...

Researchers at HSE University and the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a way to control both the colour and brightness of the glow emitted by ...