The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.

TOKYO: Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1 900 km southeast of ...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

Further bolstering domestic priorities, state-run IREL (India) Limited was directed in June 2025 to suspend a 13-year-old ...

India is accelerating its rare earth magnet manufacturing plans to support its growing EV sector. With Mahindra, Uno Minda, ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was in Ranchester, Wyoming, on Friday for the ribbon cutting to open the first U.S. rare ...

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