U.S. faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets

Although the U.S. is quickening its pace to rebuild the domestic supply chain of critical minerals, free of control from its most formidable rival, most new U.S. mines are years away from reality, so extracting some of these hard-to-pronounce elements from existing mine waste can help satisfy the growing demand in the

“A $150-million weapons system won’t work if missing critical minerals that may be worth only $20,000 to $30,000,” says expert amid rising tensions with Iran

While the White House is demanding military contractors speed up weapons production, it’s also imposing even stricter rules banning them from sourcing critical-mineral components from China.

A group of young scientists and entrepreneurs started a backyard lab in Boston in 2018 to find a cleaner metal-refining method

A group of young scientists and entrepreneurs started a backyard lab in Boston in 2018 to find a cleaner metal-refining method

US faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets  AP News

Alibaba has an agreement for Moonshot to use its Nvidia H200s, according to Bloomberg — but the Chinese tech giant pushed back against the report.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he held a call Thursday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to lay the groundwork for President Xi Jinping's U.S. visit in September.

China expressed “serious concern” over recent US measures taken against Beijing.

US-China tensionsBeijing cites 'serious concerns' about American trade curbs following robot banChinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, left, spoke with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on July 30. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)KENTARO SHIOZAKI, YUKIO TAJIMA and RYOHEI YASOSHIMAJuly 31, 2026 05:43 JSTBEIJING/WA