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The Snowball Pug is available in Adopt Me during the Christmas 2025 event. You'll have a chance to add this adorable companion to your growing collection, but there are a few steps you have to go ...

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It's heartbreaking to think about all of the pets in the world who are homeless, especially during the holiday season. But fortunately, there are big hearted shelter workers who work tirelessly to ...

The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals. Sojitz, a Japanese conglomerate, turned to Lynas, an Australian mining ...

When President Trump travels to Beijing early next year to finalize a new trade deal, China will deploy one of its favorite pressure tactics: restricting exports of rare earth elements. Last month, ...

The Lynas Advanced Materials Plant in Kuantan, Malaysia, which processes 12 to 15 percent of the world’s rare earth elements. Credit: Lynas Rare Earths A two-billion-year-old volcanic plug in Western ...

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) stock, one of a handful of start-up companies attempting to jump-start rare-earth oxide mining and rare-earth magnet manufacturing in the United States, soared 19% ...

For years, a mining project in Africa held the promise of helping free the West from its dependence on China for rare earths. Some weeks back, it fell into Chinese hands. The failure of Peak Rare ...

With names like neodymium and dysprosium, rare-earth elements sound exotic — and their perceived scarcity has only added to the mystique. In reality, rare earths aren’t that rare, but just difficult ...

Welcome to the dirty side of rare earths, which ironically are key to the “clean energy” transition. November 21, 2025 China’s dominance of rare earth supply chains, and their critical role in nearly ...