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North AmericaMetals are the new oil, JD Vance pitches to America: ‘There’s no realer thing than critical minerals’
By Tristan BoveFebruary 5, 2026
InnovationIt took the U.S. decades to respond to the 1970s energy shock with a strategic oil reserve, now it’s rerunning that playbook with rare earths
By Tristan BoveFebruary 2, 2026
Politics3 big hurdles undermine Trump’s plan to extract Greenland’s mineral wealth—and America’s fraying relationship with Europe is one of them
By Tristan BoveJanuary 30, 2026
PoliticsGreenland’s 1.5 million tons of rare earths might never get mined because there just aren’t any roads to them
By Josh Funk, Suman Naishadham and The Associated PressJanuary 11, 2026
PoliticsTrump’s Greenland takeover would require ‘billions upon billions’ spent over decades for a mineral industry that doesn’t yet exist, experts say
By Lily Mae LazarusJanuary 7, 2026
Economy‘You can’t see China now as a reliable supply-chain partner’: Graphite mines forsaken for 70 years come back into fashion
By Michael Hill and The Associated PressDecember 27, 2025
EnergyTrump promises ‘so much critical mineral and rare earth that you won’t know what to do with them’ after signing $8.5b deal with Australia
By Seung Min Kim, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2025
Economy‘Scandalous’: Top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare earths crisis as China tightens its grip
By Eva RoytburgOctober 13, 2025
Workplace CultureTrump is greenlighting an Alaska megamine—and taking a government stake in the company digging it up
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressOctober 7, 2025
EconomyEverything’s supposedly rosy on Wall Street—but gold is rallying higher as investors seek safety in government shutdown
By Eleanor PringleOctober 2, 2025
TechHow deals with Apple and Trump’s Pentagon turned rare earth miner MP Materials into a red-hot stock
By Jordan BlumAugust 12, 2025
EnvironmentChina has 90% of the rare earth that the world needs. America’s just getting started on its second mine
By Mead Gruver and The Associated PressJuly 11, 2025
By Alfred Cang, Annie Lee and BloombergJune 19, 2025
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