China's dominance in rare earths today is attributed to partnerships with US, Canadian, and Japanese firms in the 1980s. Europe is striving to regain rare earth glory but faces challenges in meeting mineral goals and reversing migration of processing to China. The EU aims to boost domestic output of critical minerals and reduce dependence on China through recycling old EVs and wind turbines for rare earths supply.
The EU will struggle to meet goals for rare earths in new legislation designed to boost domestic output of critical minerals and reduce dependence on China. Here are the steps needed for rare earths to end up as magnets used in EVs and wind turbines https://t.co/0ODuzucVPc
EU companies are gearing up to take advantage of the huge potential for recycling to supply critical rare earths for the bloc's green transition, but it will take time before there is enough supply of old EVs and wind turbines to process https://t.co/Zn87MqGczj
The 76-year history of a rare earth processing plant in France is a microcosm of the challenges Europe and the United States face as they seek to reverse massive migration of rare earth processing to China that took place around 25 years ago. More here: https://t.co/EPitEi0L0U
The 76-year history of a rare earth processing plant in France is a microcosm of the challenges Europe and the United States face as they seek to reverse massive migration of rare earth processing to China that took place around 25 years ago https://t.co/UHcBGFNgsp
In race to regain rare earth glory, Europe falls short on mineral goals https://t.co/CdPNwfeMKI https://t.co/EYPW6Rhq5e
Companies forging a rare earths industry in the EU https://t.co/rzrzMsbBnd https://t.co/ol8NnQ8tHj
China’s dominance in rare earths today is partly thanks to partnerships with US, Canadian, and Japanese firms who shared technology as China was first developing its rare earths industry in the 1980s. From @ErnestScheyder’s fascinating book on clean tech minerals The War Below: https://t.co/ZeXGYhGoY3