Market News Updates News Commentary - Rare earth elements and critical minerals have gone from being overlooked industrial materials to a major global growth story with enormous economic implications.

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Ascend Elements said on Friday it has started Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S., a heavy blow to investors who had sunk nearly $900 million into the company. Linh Austin, Ascend’s CEO, ...

A federal court in Oregon has done something no U.S. court has done before: paused enforcement of a state extended producer responsibility (EPR) law on constitutional grounds—though notably, the pause ...

NEW YORK, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 minerals that don't get much attention but are quietly powering a huge part of today's economy. They're used in ...