India’s foreign ministry recently announced that Indian companies now have licenses to import rare-earth magnets from China. Rare earth magnets, derived from a group of 17 elements that are essential ...

Vulcan Elements, a Durham-based startup manufacturing rare-earth magnets, says it plans to hire around 1,000 workers at a new $1 billion factory in the town of Benson in Johnston County. Why it ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the amount of the loan to ReElement Technologies, which is $80 million. The Trump administration is putting nearly $750 million toward a deal to ...