Protecting underwater ecosystems from the growing interest in rare mineral mining, framing deep-sea laws and building a biobank are among landmark achievements of the UN's International Seabed ...

Aclara Resources is in talks with US government agencies for possible financing toward its $1.5-billion plan to mine rare ...

An ancient fossil repurposed as an amulet, discovered in Spain, offers insight into Roman spirituality and the protective use ...

Expectations are rock-bottom for an EU-China summit on Thursday that will test European resolve and unity as the bloc faces ...

Tiny rare-earth magnets are used for building phones, electric cars, and submarines. Nearly all rare earths are mined in China, but one U.S. company is trying to change that. WSJ’s Jon Emont spoke wit ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said a trip to China might be “not too distant,” raising prospects that the leaders of the ...

As the two biggest economic targets in Donald Trump’s trade war, some analysts thought the European Union and China could ...

Rare earth elements sustain the Information Age, and securing a supply of these metals has become a matter of national and economic security. They're ubiquitous in our smart technologies, ...