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Pentagon Economic Defense Unit Invests $25 Million in ReElement for Indiana Magnet Recycling

The investment channels DOD industrial funds into equipment and working capital to produce high‑purity rare‑earth oxides for defense systems.

China Cuts Shipments of Key Rare Earths and Metals to Japan

China Tightens Rare‑Earth Export Controls as Two Japanese Are Detained

Pentagon Credit Office Commits About $1.2 Billion to U.S. Rare‑Earth Processors

Shin-Etsu to Build New Rare‑Earth Refinery in Fukui

U.S. Bets on Domestic Rare‑Earth Makers as MP Materials Posts Strong Quarter

Global Fight Over Critical Minerals Sharpens as U.S. and Allies Seek to Break China’s Processing Dominance

USA Rare Earth Secures CHIPS Access and Commits $1.2 Billion South Carolina Magnet Plant

MP Materials Shares Jump After Needham Buy Initiation

REalloys and Ramaco Announce Non‑Binding MOU to Test Brook Mine Rare Earths

DOE Selects USA Rare Earth for Negotiations on Up to $19.3M Separations Pilot

REalloys Secures 15% Offtake of Tanbreez Phase 1 to Anchor U.S.-Aligned Heavy Rare Earth Supply

Arafura Approves Nolans Rare‑Earths Project in Northern Territory

Australia Orders China-Linked Investors to Sell 17.5% Stake in Northern Minerals

U.S. and China Consider Extending Rare‑Earths Truce

France Launches Rare-Earth Plan With 2030 Targets and Strict Sourcing Rules

STF Filing Seeks to Halt $2.8 Billion Sale of Brazil Rare‑Earth Miner to USA Rare Earth

USA Rare Earth to Buy Brazil’s Serra Verde for $2.8 Billion

USA Rare Earth to Acquire Brazil’s Serra Verde for $2.8 Billion

Germany Trims China Share of Rare-Earth Tonnage as 2025 Imports Rise