Customs Tariff Commission of State Council of China unveiled tariff implementation measures for 2015 in the evening on December 16 and export tariff on rare earth maintains.

On Dec 13, Baogang Rare Earth Group (BREG) in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, announced it will change its name into "China North Rare Earth Group Co Ltd", having made significant progress in merging with five smaller companies in the region an...

China and Australia, after years of negotiations, have reached a free trade agreement (FTA) after the G20 meeting in Brisbane on the occasion of the visit to Australia by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The FTA further strengthens already deep economic relations...

In 1986, Deng Xiaoping, launched the “863 program”, aimed to gain control of the rare earths market in the sector saying: “The Arab countries have oil, China has rare earths.” The 15 “rare elements” along with yttrium, scandium (‘15+2’), have the chara...

Seven domestic rare earth companies have formed an industrial alliance to sue Japan's Hitachi Metals for its patent monopoly in the United States.

The government has approved two major rare earth producers to become conglomerates by the end of this year in order to further consolidate the rare resources, combat smuggling and alleviate overcapacity in production.

China’s announcement that rare earths export quotas for the second half of 2014 are the same as 2013, show the country’s reluctance to comply with WTO’s ruling. However, the moderate increase in quotas compared to H1 2014 suggests a slowly reviving demand i...

A report by Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources says testimony before the group stressed “Canada has an opportunity to turn its rare earth deposits into a competitive advantage, and at the same time, secure its own supply of thi...