A zero-sum race for rare earth metals will only set back the shift towards renewable energy

November 24, 2022 Chin@Strategy

Bags of rare earth concentrates are ready for transport to China for processing, at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials, in Mountain Pass, California, in June 2019. China dominates the downstream processing stages of several critical minerals mined elsewhere. Photo: Bloomberg

South China Morning Post

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