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Us Reforming Rare Earth Strategy To Deal With China'S Export Reduction

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US Dependence On Rare Earth Exports To China


According to FT Chinese net,

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We are in a hurry to take action to restore the raw materials necessary for production of national defense equipment and green technology and reduce dependence on rare earth elements.

It is reported that the Department of Energy will draw up strategies in the next few weeks to increase American output, find alternative materials and improve the efficiency of using rare earth elements.

The The Pentagon will also complete the relevant US military operations.

Rare earth dependence

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The article says Kathy Dahlkemper, a US congressman, has drawn up a bill designed to enable the United States to achieve self-sufficiency in 5 years.

She hoped that the bill could be put to the house of representatives for voting this week.


Reported that before the United States made this move,

China

Measures to restrict rare earth

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Earlier, US media reported that China had banned the export of rare earths to Japan because of the "collision incident".

Subsequently, Chinese Ministry of Commerce officials said that China did not take any restrictive measures for Japanese exports of rare earths.


The article points out that China now controls over 90% of the production of rare earth elements.

The United States was once the world's leading producer of rare earths, but now it does not exploit any rare earth elements, mainly due to environmental and cost concerns.

The last rare earth mine in the United States was closed in 2002.


Rare earth refers to 17 chemically similar metals, such as europium, yttrium and lanthanum, which have unique magnetism, optical properties and other characteristics, which are very important for miniaturization, laser and energy efficiency.

These materials are used in a range of sophisticated applications, ranging from precision guided weapons, night vision and radar systems to green technologies such as hybrid electric vehicles and wind turbines.

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