California's rare earths mine set to meet a third of global demand

Until the 1980s, the Mountain Pass mine in California provided most of the rare earth materials to the world before China overtook it. China, …

Unpacking europium, the mainstay of the lighting industry

The rare earth metal is all around us—in flouorescent lamps, display screens, televisions to smart tablets and phones. But is deep mining …

Petro to Electro: It is the Dragon vs the Rest on critical minerals

There is a fight among countries to secure the greatest share of critical battery minerals and China has taken a huge early lead

Green tribunal bans sand mining in Kerala, Tamil Nadu sea coast

Order given on petition cites environmental threats and radiation risk from naturally occurring radioactive minerals in beach sand

India takes cue from China; to mine rare-earths

Will add two research vessels for the mining 

Chinese suplex

As China plays smart games in the business of rare earths, India braces itself to enter the fray