The Ministry of Commerce has announced the second batch of rare earth export quotas for this year, and it has shown no signs of expanding the quotas this year, even amid rising global demand for the minerals.

A Chinese rare-earth magnet industrial alliance formed by seven firms has vowed to break a trade barrier created by a Japanese company through a patent monopoly.

The high demand in the current and emerging applications, increasing demand for clean energy, initiatives of associations and regulatory bodies, and the population trends are the major factors which drive the growth of the global rare earth metals market.The r...

Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. says a pre-feasibility study for the Strange Lake rare earth project in northern Quebec shows positive results, allowing conversion of mineral resources into mineral reserves.

China is likely to purchase billions of yuan of rare-earth minerals starting next month to bolster its strategic reserves, industry sources said.

[ferro-alloys.com]The US government not only wants to wean itself off foreign oil supply but also rare earth supply and the secret may lie in old mines' tailings deposits, the Associated Press reports.

[ferro-alloys.com]A total of $829 million has been raised to explore Africa for metals and minerals over the last two years.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Japan’s Sumitomo Mining to build first rare earth mineral plant in the Philippines