These are the necessary steps toward developing a research-and-development partnership among the private sector, government and academia to wrest control of the REE supply chain from China.

It's unrealistic to believe the U.S. can break China’s monopoly over the rare earth element market through private investment and the opening of new domestic mines.

The global pandemic has exposed the utter dependence of the U.S. and the world on China for critical equipment and raw materials.

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed a lack of resilience in organizations and societies — and, more specifically, in global supply chains.