3+ day, 5+ min ago   (858+ words) A deadly September 10 fire aboard a cargo ship undergoing repairs at Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding triggered instructions from the very top of China’s political hierarchy. President Xi Jinping ordered rescue efforts, investigation, accountability, and a sweeping review of fire hazards. Premier…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (326+ words) Is there a connection? There is no public evidence that Washington is trading Taiwan arms for rare-earth access. But the strategic overlap is too important for investors to ignore. America is trying to reduce both dependencies—but time matters. China's…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (414+ words) Rare Earth Exchanges China Reports 4.7% Growth as Industrial Output Surges: "Strong Supply, Weak Demand" Reveals the Hidden Crisis - China's GDP grew 4.7% in H1 2026, with high-tech manufacturing up 13.3% and exports surging 13.4%, but domestic retail sales rose only 2.7%. - Economist Wang Yiming acknowledges a…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (429+ words) Rare Earth Exchanges European Advanced Materials Report Exposes Scale-Up Gap as China Maintains Industrial Lead - Europe has strong research and patents but lacks industrial scale, capital deployment, and midstream processing capacity to compete with China. - China holds a two-decade lead…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (196+ words) Public Citizen deserves credit for asking who benefits from Western mineral security. Its review says the administration referenced 38 mineral MOUs or frameworks completed or under negotiation, while Public Citizen could independently identify only 28 and found fewer than half of announced…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (533+ words) Rare Earth Exchanges Baogang Breaks Ground on 127,000-Square-Meter Rare Earth Innovation Platform in Baotou - Baogang Group broke ground on a 127,000-square-meter rare earth science and technology innovation platform in Baotou on August 30. - The project centers on upgrading the Baotou Research…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (389+ words) Rare Earth Exchanges National Rare-Earth New Materials Quality Standards Laboratory Established In Ganzhou - China inaugurated the National Quality Standards Laboratory for Rare-Earth New Materials in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province on August 14, uniting research, industry, and standards under one roof. - The lab…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (188+ words) The strategic intelligence sits beneath the bandwidth. 6G networks, satellites, subsea cables, data centers, and AI systems may look digital, but their foundations are stubbornly physical. They consume semiconductors, optical materials, copper, specialty metals, power electronics, permanent magnets, and rare earths....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (150+ words) Source: U.S. Embassy Manila The Luzon Economic Corridor linking Subic, Clark, Manila, and Batangas could provide the physical backbone—ports, logistics, energy, and industrial zones—while U.S. and Japanese capital and technology supply the missing industrial muscle. But the hard…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) Rare Earth Exchanges China Northern Rare Earth Lifts First-Half Profit 120% as Production Hits Records - Revenue rose 36.75% to RMB 25.799 billion (~US$3.6B) while net profit jumped 120.46% to RMB 2.053 billion in H1 2026 - Record first-half output achieved across separated rare-earth products, rare-earth metals, and functional…...