Reuters

US crude stockpiles fall, fuel inventories rise on strong refining, EIA says

Dec 31 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks fell while gasoline and distillate inventories rose last week on robust refining activity, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude ...
The New York Times

Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break China’s Rare-Earth Monopoly

Companies like Phoenix Tailings, which recently began producing metal in New Hampshire, are using new processing methods to compete with Chinese suppliers. By Rebecca F. Elliott Reporting from Exeter, ...
The New York Times

Inside China’s Six-Decade Campaign to Dominate Rare Earths

From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but heavily polluting industry. A refinery on the outskirts of Wuxi, China, is the ...