The Trump administration initiated a Section 232 investigation into imports of processed critical minerals and their derivate products.

It said that curbing the momentum of smuggling and effectively safeguarding national security. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China has imposed a ban on the export of seven rare earth elements without an export license, effective since April 4.

Hong Kong (CNN) — Despite a 90-day truce in its trade war with the United States ... economy and global supply chains – including outright bans on the shipments of gallium, germanium, antimony ...

China said on Monday that it will strengthen controls over the full supply chains of strategic minerals exports as part of ...

Chinese rare-earth exporters are asking the government to clarify whether they’re allowed to sell to the US, after Beijing ...

In April 2025, China imposed even further export restrictions on seven additional medium and heavy rare Earth elements — ...

“China’s export ban on antimony, gallium, and germanium, parts containing these critical minerals saw prices increase by an average of 5.2% after the ban, compared to procurements of those ...

China’s tightening export controls on critical minerals could hit more than three-quarters of the United States’ weapons supply chain, according to a new study. Researchers from Govini, a ...

There have been no antimony exports to the United States since September last year and none since 2023 for germanium and gallium. Fewer exports from China have left overseas consumers scrambling ...

In a calculated manoeuvre during a period of heightened geopolitical tension, China has implemented a ban on the export ... its gallium and 50% of its germanium from China. Similarly, the US ...

China had already banned exports of gallium, germanium and antimony and restrictions on shipments ... introduced a trio of bills aimed at boosting the US critical mineral supply chain and limiting ...