Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the market—and that’s not changing any time soon.

A Provo company has unearthed a massive deposit of minerals crucial for building things like electric vehicles, ...

In a bid to lower its reliance on China for critical minerals, Korea Zinc, the world’s largest zinc smelting company, has ...

Creating a supply chain for the metals elsewhere is 'humanly possible' but requires ‘some real strategery,’ USA Rare Earth's ...

The initiative underscores the degree to which the Trump administration considers China’s near monopoly in rare earths – ...

A Utah mining firm announced the discovery of a significant ion-adsorption clay system deposit containing high-grade rare ...

Backed by Washington, REalloys seeks to break dependence on China but says achieving fully self-sufficient supply chain will ...

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is working on legislation to strengthen the U.S. critical mineral supply chain and reduce ...

Rare earths aren’t rare in the earth’s crust; what’s rare is the capability to separate and refine them efficiently. The ...

President Donald Trump is assembling a coalition of US allies across the globe to challenge China’s dominance over rare earth ...

The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals.

The mining operation is in Utah County's Lake Mountains. A Utah-based company announced it has uncovered 16 critical minerals ...