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Bipartisan bill aims to break China’s control over the rare-earths industry and revive the sector in the US. A villager looks towards a rare earths smelting plant in China, which has near total control over the supply chains for the strategic minerals used in electric vehicles, weapons and other advanced technology [File: David Gray/Reuters] Published On 14 Jan 2022 14 Jan 2022 facebook twitter whatsapp A bipartisan piece of legislation to be introduced in the US Senate would force defence contractors to stop buying rare earths from China by 2026 and use the Pentagon to create a permanent stockpile of...
