RE: Chinese REE restrictions effect on EU Car Makers5 Jun 2025 14:43
So much for "experts".
China played this card (briefly) against Japan in 2010 in a fishing dispute ballooning the Rare Earths price as a consequence.
Other countries aren't in a position to simply "make it happen" - remember that China is not just a major source of unprocessed Rare Earths but THE major supplier of *processed* (i.e. usable) Rare Earths.
Processing Rare Earths is very, very dirty and nobody wants that in their backyard - which is why China has it to begin with.