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The periodic table has 17 rare earths. Most people know zero.

They're in your phone, your car, your headphones. Every EV motor, every wind turbine, every missile guidance system runs on them. And one country controls the entire supply chain, from mine to finished magnet.

Element 17 is a daily newsletter that tracks this market the way a Bloomberg terminal tracks stocks: prices, deals, policy shifts, geopolitics. Written for investors, industry insiders, and anyone who wants to understand the materials race shaping the next 30 years.

No chemistry degree required.

This Week in Rare Earths

Halleck Creek Holds 2.63 Billion Tonnes of Rare Earth Ore. The Oxide-to-Metal Step Stays in China

Aug 21, 2026

Halleck Creek Holds 2.63 Billion Tonnes of Rare Earth Ore. The Oxide-to-Metal Step Stays in China

The Export Control Pause Ends November 10. Erbium Is Already Moving

Aug 20, 2026

The Export Control Pause Ends November 10. Erbium Is Already Moving

A 100% Tariff on Drones. The Magnets Inside Still Come from China.

Aug 19, 2026

A 100% Tariff on Drones. The Magnets Inside Still Come from China.

The Army Just Found a New Use for a Chemical Weapons Depot

Aug 18, 2026

The Army Just Found a New Use for a Chemical Weapons Depot

Aug 17, 2026

The Pentagon Just Committed $400 Million to a Mine That Has Never Been Built

Aug 14, 2026

The Rare Earths in Your Phone Started in a Myanmar War Zone

Aug 12, 2026

Malaysia's Rare Earth Ban Has a Model: Indonesia's Nickel Gambit

Aug 11, 2026

The Biggest Presidential Mining Meeting Since Theodore Roosevelt

Aug 10, 2026

China Squeezed Its Own Magnet Factories

Aug 7, 2026

The Clay Deposit That Gave China Its Rare Earth Grip Just Found a Rival – in Brazil

Aug 5, 2026

Malaysia Weighs Easing Its Rare Earth Export Ban, With Conditions Attached

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