It is rich in critical minerals and rare earths, and straddles key sea lanes, including trans-Arctic shipping corridors. President Donald Trump had previously said he wanted to annex Greenland, calling it essential to securing the region.

A rare earth minerals deal between the United States and China could be finalized by Thanksgiving. When asked what the United States would do if China didn’t honor that deal, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had an answer.

On Oct. 9, China announced stricter export restrictions for rare earth minerals, requiring approval to export products that contain more than 0.1 percent of the elements.

On Oct. 9, the Chinese regime announced sweeping restrictions on rare earth minerals sourced from China that were broadly considered to have a disruptive effect on global trade.

U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting in London amid a rare earth minerals standoff. After a Trump-Xi call, Beijing vows to resume shipments, but Washington says it’s too slow. Can the talks save the 90-day tariff truce?

Kevin Rudd said at a forum that Australia could be a “great power” in critical minerals and rare earths.

"I mean, there's a great oil and gas reserve there, there are great rare earth minerals there. There's great fishing there. I mean, it's a great, great place. So, we're gonna get it," Landry said.

The United States and Ukraine are set to sign a deal for Ukraine's rare earth minerals on Friday. But Washington and Kyiv are sharing slightly different perspectives on its status.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to the United States in a new post on X, saying he’s ready to work quickly for peace and sign the rare earth minerals deal at any time.

We even have rare minerals, rare earth minerals we have not fully tapped. We have oil, we have coal, we have hydroelectric. We have the richest energy nation in the world.

-based Tronox Holdings' rare earths refinery project.

Many of the African nations claimed to have an abundance of critical and rare earth minerals—essential ingredients for making electronic components.

USA Rare Earth is considering building a magnet plant in France, its CEO said on April 9, following a deal to take a 12.5 percent stake in local rare-earth processor Carester.

The United States and Ukraine are locking in a crucial deal on rare earth minerals—potentially slashing America’s reliance on China’s stranglehold over vital resources.

The United States and Ukraine have not yet agreed on a rare earth minerals deal. The White House says using the minerals as compensation for aid would benefit both Washington and Kyiv.

China isn't giving ground on rare earth, at least for now. Beijing is keeping export controls in place for several rare earth minerals. We have details on Trump's plan to counter this.

Central Asia is rich in resources, including rare-earth minerals, offering a potential alternative supply to China, which currently holds a near-monopoly.

Department of War has agreed to pay $750 million to buy rare earth minerals needed for national security from a mining project in Brazil, officials announced on Monday.

Concerns are growing in India over China’s recent export controls on rare earth minerals.

China accounts for more than 60 percent of rare earth production and, most alarmingly, more than 90 percent of the rare earth processing—the indispensable phase of the mineral supply chain that turns mined raw materials into usable and essential industrial

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has yet to officially accept President Donald Trump's offer of continued U.S. military aid in exchange for rare earth minerals.

“We're not just doing certain minerals and rare earths," Trump said. "We're doing everything."

That program is designed to help lock down supply chains of critical minerals and rare earth elements for U.S. businesses. The signing comes months after a separate critical minerals supply agreement between the two countries was signed on Feb. 4.

The United States and other countries are looking to break the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) monopoly on rare earth minerals.

China’s clampdown on rare earth mineral exports isn’t just an economic threat—a new report warns it could cripple U.S. military readiness.

Bessent told The Financial Times on Oct. 14 that China's latest round of export controls on rare earth minerals, on which the United States is highly dependent in various sectors, including defense, amounts to undermining the global economy.

The U.S. president also seeks to deepen economic cooperation with Central Asian nations to reduce U.S. dependency on China for rare earth minerals.

The United States has reached trade deals with four Southeast Asian countries addressing critical rare earth minerals and broader trade imbalances.

The new policy also formally elevates silver from an ordinary commodity to a strategic material, putting its export controls under the same regulatory scheme as rare earth minerals.

While in Malaysia, he oversaw a flurry of trade deals, rare earth minerals agreements, and a landmark peace treaty between the governments of Thailand and Cambodia.