Link to article on China Critical Mineral export restrictions...

Link to article on China Critical Mineral export restrictions (and possible REEs export restrictions which might follow) (from 10th July 2023):


Column: China flexes critical metals muscles with export curbs | Reuters


Excerpt from article:

Rare earths are again in the spotlight. As is just about every other critical mineral China dominates.

Gallium and germanium controls "are just the start" if the West continues to target China's high-tech sector, former Vice
Commerce Minister Wei Jianguo told the China Daily newspaper.

The warning raises the prospect of further escalation in the simmering critical minerals war between the West and China.
China has no shortage of pressure points to push, from rare earths to cobalt to lithium and even electric vehicle batteries.
The sabre-rattling, though, is likely to inject a greater sense of urgency in the West about cutting the collective reliance on
China for so many critical metals.

The global decoupling momentum will accelerate from the start of next month.