Since their relatively recent appearance on the commercial scene, rare-earth magnets have made quite a splash in the public imagination. The amount of magnetic energy packed into these tiny ...

Rare earth metals are making headlines as demand rises for products from smartphones to wind turbines, and as governments seek secure supply.

Niron Magnetic’s latest advance, the Clean Earth Magnet, promises to settle the thorny issue of mining-intensive, largely Chinese-sourced rare-earth magnets upon which the strongest, most ...

A Myanmar rebel group that controls one of the world's largest rare earth zones has told miners there it will allow shipments of existing rare earth inventories to China from Thursday, according to ...

Factbox-What Are Rare Earth Metals and Why Are They in Demand ... of global mine production and 90% of processed and permanent magnet output. Beijing sets quotas on output, smelting, and ...