Security ministry tightens mail channels after uncovering schemes that include smuggling strategic minerals in mannequins.

The U.S. government has invested $400 million in MP Materials, a rare earth mining company. Stakeholders are criticizing the ...

In gray-zone economic warfare, trade leverage becomes its own kind of armament. The United States should arm itself ...

China's state security agency says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths minerals that it says threaten national security, just weeks after Beijing and Washington agreed to make it ...

Beijing uses its near-monopoly on critical minerals to win trade concessions. Can the U.S. find alternate supplies?

China's state security agency is intensifying efforts against rare earths smuggling, accusing foreign espionage of collusion ...

The United States and other countries will have to replicate China’s processing capabilities to dismantle one of Beijing’s ...

China signed an MOU in February 2025 with the Cook Islands outlining the nations’ intent to cooperate on matters such as the ...

China's Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...

China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources ...

China’s exports of rare-earth products jumped in June, pointing to a potential pickup in magnet supplies after ...