So, to get to China, you should start digging in either Argentina or Chile. Your first challenge would be digging through the Earth's crust. It's the thinnest of Earth's three main layers ...

lies the deepest point on Earth – the Mariana Trench. In the crushing darkness of this hidden realm, China has unveiled a deep-sea technological marvel: a miniature drone, no larger than a ...

China produces about 60% of the world's rare-earth metals and accounts for nearly 90% of rare-earth refining. China was able to establish that dominance "in large part because of lax environmental ...

Neodymium is critical to making the wheels of a Tesla spin or creating sound in Apple’s Airpods, and China dominates the mining and processing of this rare-earth element. So the U.S. and its ...

US President Donald Trump’s pursuit of rare earth minerals in Greenland and Ukraine to counter China’s dominance over the critical metals might not match the reality of global reserves.