China has about 70 percent of all rare-earth minerals on the planet and upward of 80 percent of rare-earth mineral processing.

A Yale study from Dec. 2 found there are no replacements for many of the rare earth minerals.

Rare earths are essential for electronics, fighter jets, and more.

A trade deal was then reached in May, and issues around the shipment of the rare earth minerals and magnets were resolved in June.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China's latest move on rare earth minerals export controls offers clear "signs of decoupling."

Why would they be concerned about the EPA and other regulatory agencies choking off the development of new mines or the production of refined rare earth minerals? Their business was driven by coding and by programmers.

The Pentagon is becoming the top stakeholder in the United States' largest rare earths miner. This deal is a key step toward securing America's rare earths supply amid challenges from China.

During his visit to Tokyo last year, Trump signed an agreement with Takaichi on cooperation to secure the supply of critical minerals and rare earth metals. U.S.

This is due to China imposing new export license rules for rare earth minerals and magnets.

The company said the Trump administration’s focus on increasing domestic production of rare earth minerals resulted in additional studies of Cleveland-Cliffs' existing ore bodies and tailings basins.

The United States and Ukraine signed a partnership agreement on April 30 focused on Ukraine’s rare earth minerals and other natural resources.

NTD has more on what Greer had to say about China's recent rare earth mineral export controls. $2.5 billion in small business loans has been blocked since the government shutdown began. An expert panel discusses this impact of the shutdown.

USA Rare Earth (USAR) said on Dec. 10 that promising results from an early-stage pilot program have led to accelerated plans to enter commercial production of rare earth minerals at its Round Top mine in West Texas.

Rare earth minerals are key ingredients for a variety of high-tech products, from phones, cars, and computer chips to components for military weapons such as tanks and fighter jets.

In November 2025, President Trump predicted the U.S. could end its dependence on China for rare-earth minerals within 18 months.

Beijing also says it will impose more export controls on rare-earth minerals.

Speaking with reporters at the White House on Feb. 24, Trump said an economic partnership with Russia could see the United States gain access to some of the country's rare earth minerals.

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"We're also signing agreements in various locations to unlock rare earths and minerals and lots of other things all over the world."

The U.S. is signaling it may take drastic steps in response to China’s tightening grip on rare earth minerals—metals used in defense and technology industries. Meanwhile, Trump announced that India has agreed to stop buying oil from Russia.

Trump said after the exchange that the issues concerning the supply of the critical rare earths minerals have been resolved.

Rare earth minerals are essential for high-strength magnets used in U.S. weapons systems, electric vehicles, semiconductors, and renewable energy technologies.

Greenland has very valuable rare earth minerals, but also has an outright rare Earth (unique) position for defending North America from air and space attack (think ICBMS), for securing north Atlantic sea lanes and for securing U.S. and Canadian rights

In total, the commitment is expected to be worth US$8.5 billion, with Australia expected to supply 30 rare-earth minerals needed in America.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says a low-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official may have made a decision on rare earth mineral export controls without approval from leader Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump has similarly made cutting China out of U.S. supply chains a central priority, particularly ending U.S. reliance on China for rare-earth minerals, especially heavy rare-earth elements critical to advanced defense technology.

Earlier this month, Trump said the United States would end its dependence on Chinese rare earth minerals within 18 months.

President Donald Trump said in November 2025 that the United States would end its reliance on China for rare-earth minerals within 18 months under an emergency program.

In March, Chile and the United States signed a separate joint declaration on critical minerals and rare-earth elements.

One of our viewers asks whether America is building facilities to refine rare earth minerals to reduce reliance on China’s supply chain. We break it down.