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From Breitbart: China’s retaliation against President Donald Trump’s tariffs includes more export controls on rare earth minerals, which are vital to electronics and battery manufacturing.
The Chinese government said over the weekend that it will maintain its supply of rare earths to the rest of the world while limiting U.S. access to the minerals.
China is the world’s dominant producer of rare earth minerals, accounting for about 70 percent of the world’s supply at the moment. More precisely, China supplies roughly 60 percent of the raw minerals, but controls almost 90 percent of processing and refining capacity.
China controlled 90 percent of the market a decade ago, but alternative suppliers have ramped up production. The Chinese retaliated for this infringement upon their near-monopoly by setting record-high production quotas in a bid to bring prices down and bankrupt their competitors.
China sought to use rare earths as a trade weapon again on Sunday, designating seven of the valuable minerals for additional export controls. Chinese mining stocks soared on the promise of bigger earnings from higher prices.
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What happens when China decides to withhold nitrile gloves, IV tubing, blood vials, or other critical medical consumables where they have at least 50% market share?
This is why we need domestic production. https://t.co/qn128Cfv8A
— Scott Maier (@scotttmaier) April 7, 2025
America MUST start mining it's own rare earth minerals again as our dependence upon China is simply unacceptable.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 7, 2025
Whoa—90% of the rare earth minerals come from China. From your iPhone’s haptic vibrator, to EV motor, to US fighter jets and nuclear submarine key components—rare earths are critical to U.S. economy. This is also a key reason why Trump is trying to (forcibly?) annex Greenland. https://t.co/tHJbz2rew7
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 7, 2025
China hits back at US tariffs with export controls on rare earths https://t.co/uulWuVPQKf
— Ernest Scheyder (@ErnestScheyder) April 4, 2025
President Trump is pressing for access to mineral rights across the globe, hoping to outduel China in a global competition for raw materials to fuel U.S. military and industrial might https://t.co/OmNdY2cLEV
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 6, 2025
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