Beijing to ban export of rare earth metals in response to sanctions
2 min readChina, one of the largest producers of rare earth elements, will ban their export to the US, which currently imposes sanctions on the export of advanced semiconductors to Beijing.
Miner work at the Bayan Obo mine that contains rare earth minerals, Inner Mongolia, China, 16 July 2011. (Reuters)
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