When Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, one of his stated priorities was reducing U.S. dependence on China’s dominance of the so-called “rare earths” supply chain. These are the 17 or so elements – like neodymium, dysprosium and terbium – that power everything from electric car motors to jet-engine magnets to data-centre infrastructure. China...
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