The periodic table has 17 rare earths. Most people know zero.

They're in your phone, your car, your headphones. Every EV motor, every wind turbine, every missile guidance system runs on them. And one country controls the entire supply chain, from mine to finished magnet.

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This Week in Rare Earths

Merz Invokes Berlin’s Airlift to Argue for E.U. Rare Earth Stockpiles Stored in Brussels

Nov 9, 2026

Merz Invokes Berlin’s Airlift to Argue for E.U. Rare Earth Stockpiles Stored in Brussels

28,000 Parts in 1,400 Weapons Systems Depend on Four Minerals China Controls

Nov 6, 2026

28,000 Parts in 1,400 Weapons Systems Depend on Four Minerals China Controls

Global Scandium Output Is About 80 Tonnes a Year. One New Mine Is Approved to Add 60

Nov 5, 2026

Global Scandium Output Is About 80 Tonnes a Year. One New Mine Is Approved to Add 60

Six Days to November 10, and Beijing Hasn’t Said Whether the Rare Earth Suspension Continues

Nov 4, 2026

Six Days to November 10, and Beijing Hasn’t Said Whether the Rare Earth Suspension Continues

Nov 3, 2026

Dysprosium Costs $212/kg in China. Outside China, It Trades at up to $5,500

Nov 2, 2026

DTEC Becomes the First Company Through Malaysia’s New Rare Earth Export Door

Oct 30, 2026

Australia Spent a Century Digging. Now It Wants to Refine.

Oct 29, 2026

Twelve Days to November 10: China’s 0.1% Rare Earth Rule Has Never Taken Effect

Oct 28, 2026

Everybody Has a Plan. Almost Nobody Has a Factory.

Oct 27, 2026

GM Co-Invented the NdFeB Magnet in 1983. It Has Cancelled Its Deal With the New U.S. Plant Built to Make Them.

Oct 26, 2026

TSMC Asks Suppliers to Build Motors Without Chinese Rare Earth Magnets

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