Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on helping the industry.

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have been trying to address for years.

Fighting has the potential to disrupt oil markets, but a move by Iran to cut off supply would chiefly hurt China, the biggest buyer of…

The leader of China’s central bank made a clear though indirect critique of the dollar’s role as the world’s main currency.

The military strikes jolted investors, raising concerns that a broader Mideast conflict would disrupt the world’s energy supplies.

The military strikes jolted investors, raising concerns that a broader Mideast conflict would disrupt the world’s energy supplies.

China has leverage it can use by limiting access to its rare earth supplies, but it does not want to sacrifice its reputation as a…

China produces the entire world’s supply of samarium, a rare earth metal that the United States and its allies need to rebuild inventories of fighter…

Beijing has approved more export licenses for the critical minerals and magnets in recent days, but supplies remain scarce and factories in the West are…

Police officers, customs officials and spies are reinforcing China’s embargo on the critical minerals that it overwhelmingly controls.