China's critical mineral export curbs take hold as automakers warn of delays, outages

Open this photo in gallery: Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, in 2010.CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/Reuters Alarm over China's stranglehold on critical minerals grew on Tuesday as global automakers joined their U.S. counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures and magnets could cause production delays and outages without a quick solution. German automakers became the latest to warn that China's export restrictions threaten to shut down production and rattle their local economies, following a similar complaint from an Indian EV maker last week….