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discoveryalert.com.au 2026-06-04 Discovery Alert
For decades, the rare earth industry operated in near-total obscurity. Prices were low, supply seemed abundant, and the intricate chemistry required to separate these elements from ore was considered too costly and complex for most Western nations to bother with. China stepped into that vacuum with extraordinary deliberateness, building processing infrastructure, subsidising production, and system