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EU lawmakers rebuke China over rare earth curbs before summit
The European Parliament condemned China on Thursday over its export restrictions on rare earths and insisted the European ...
US Moves To Loosen China's Grip on Rare Earth Minerals
MP Materials has announced plans to expand rare earth mining and processing operations as Washington seeks to end its ...
Nintendo’s Use of a Rare-Earth Magnet for the Switch 2 Could Expose It to China’s Whims
Nintendo’s Switch 2 videogame machine uses a rare-earth magnet to attach its hand-held controllers to the main console, ...
China Diplomacy Key to Easing Rare Earth Crisis, Sona CEO Says
A diplomatic breakthrough with China is the only short-term fix for easing the shortage of rare-earth magnets, a top ...
Pentagon to Take Stake in Rare-Earth Company, Challenging China’s Control
The deal would see the Defense Department take a 15% stake in MP Materials and spend billions of dollars investing in the ...
China's rare earth export controls are good for Beijing, bad for business
July 7 (Reuters) - China's export restrictions on rare earths brought parts of the global auto supply chain to a halt and U.S ...
Critical minerals push: India to make rare earth magnets in Hyderabad; G Kishan Reddy says move to cut China reliance
India is set to commence domestic production of rare earth magnets in Hyderabad, aiming to diminish reliance on Chinese ...
Factbox-How China tightened its grip over its rare earth sector
When China restricted rare earth exports to Japan in 2010 during a diplomatic spat, a wild west domestic industry undermined ...
India to boost rare earth magnet production amid China curbs: G Kishan Reddy
Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy acknowledged India’s past reliance on China for critical rare earth supplies ...
China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained
Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on ...
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India Plans To Produce Rare Earth Magnets Domestically In 3-4 Months Amid China's Weaponisation Of Supply Chain Dominance
Further bolstering domestic priorities, state-run IREL (India) Limited was directed in June 2025 to suspend a 13-year-old ...
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Centre aids private factories in rare earth magnet production
The Indian government plans to provide technology to private factories for increasing rare earth magnet production, following China's imposition of export controls.