Chinese Exporters Reroute Rare Earths to Keep Supplying U.S.

View: Source Chinese exporters of some rare earths have rerouted their flows to skirt a ban on selling these commodities to the U.S., and now they enter the country from Thailand and Mexico, Reuters has reported, citing customs and shipping records. According to the records, while Chinese exports of antimony, a critical mineral that is used in batteries and microchips, to the …

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China’s rare earth dominance to continue as US investment lags: analysts

View: Source Beijing’s long-term strategy pays off as Washington scrambles to respond, a new report finds. China is expected to maintain a strategic edge over the United States in the rare earth industry, thanks to Beijing’s long-term investments in advanced mining and processing technologies. In contrast, the US is paying the price for decades of underinvestment, obsolete policies and the absence of a …

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