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US, EU rare earth race to break China dominance risks fuelling global rivalry



The latest push by the US and European Union to cut their reliance on China for rare earth elements could intensify global competition for access to the resources, according to a new study.

China dominates the extraction and processing of rare earths – a group of 17 minerals that are increasingly important to the world’s industrialisation ambitions, especially in the manufacture of electric car batteries, satellites, weapons, wind turbines and solar panels. They are also difficult to process…



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