Rare earth stocks down as momentum builds in US-China trade talks

Critical Metals

27/10/2025 12:06

** U.S.-listed shares of rare earth miners fall in premarket trading

** Washington and Beijing reached a framework for a trade deal that could pause planned U.S. tariffs and Chinese export controls on critical minerals, easing fears of supply disruptions that had boosted the sector this year

** Shares of Critical Metals CRML.O slump 10.3%

** USA Rare Earth USAR.O falls 8.4%, MP Materials MP.N down 5.6%, NioCorp NB.O decline 6.8% and Energy Fuels UUUU.A falls 3.9%

** Shares of Trilogy Metals TMQ.N down 7.7% and Ramaco Resources METC.O fall 4.2%

** China produces over 90% of the world's processed rare earths and rare earth magnets; the U.S. has only one rare earth mine

 (Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)

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