An aerial view of the MP Materials' mine in Mountain Pass, Calif., in 2024. MP Materials via APLas Vegas-based MP Materials said on Nov. 19 that it will build a rare earths refinery in Saudi Arabia with the Pentagon and Saudi state-owned mining company...
A Chinese bank employee counts 100-yuan notes and U.S. dollar bills at a bank counter in Nantong in eastern Jiangsu Province, China, on Aug. 28, 2019. AFP via Getty ImagesWhile Beijing is known for lending to low-income countries through its $1 trillion geopolitical program,...