54 h. ago EU frees billions in bid to reduce China rare earth reliance

EU frees billions in bid to reduce China rare earth reliance  DW

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4 d. ago Macron heads to China as Europe walks tightrope between rivalry and reliance

Macron heads to China as Europe walks tightrope between rivalry and reliance  Reuters

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5 d. ago ’Slow’ EU to unveil plan for cutting raw materials’ reliance on China By Reuters

’Slow’ EU to unveil plan for cutting raw materials’ reliance on China By Reuters  Investing.com

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7 d. ago 'Slow' EU to unveil plan for cutting raw materials' reliance on China

'Slow' EU to unveil plan for cutting raw materials' reliance on China  Reuters

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9 d. ago Stellantis Deepens Europe’s Reliance on China With CATL Plant

Stellantis Deepens Europe’s Reliance on China With CATL Plant  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago EU industry chief says raw materials recycling is solution to China dependency

EU industry chief says raw materials recycling is solution to China dependency  Reuters

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2 w. ago EU’s investment bank to work with Australia on critical raw materials

The EU’s European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Australian government said in a joint statement on Monday they would deepen cooperation on critical raw materials, as Western powers scramble to cut their reliance on China. With the exception of Japan, Group of Seven (G7) countries and the EU are heavily or exclusively reliant on China for a range of materials from rare earth magnets to battery metals. European officials and industry sources say financing remains a key hurdle in the bloc’s efforts...

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2 w. ago Klingbeil seeks German access to critical raw materials in Beijing

Klingbeil seeks German access to critical raw materials in Beijing  Yahoo Finance

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3 w. ago Asean, China, Japan and South Korea hold ‘transformative’ critical minerals opportunity

Southeast Asian economies, along with China, Japan and South Korea, have a “transformative” opportunity to enter the world’s critical mineral supply chain, said Yasuto Watanabe, Director of the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO). Critical minerals – essential raw materials for the production of hi-tech gadgets, cars and aerospace equipment – will make the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (Asean) supply chain “more resilient and sustainable”, said Watanabe, who also...

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3 w. ago Watch Council on Foreign Relations' Raimondo: Want to Reduce Reliance on China

Watch Council on Foreign Relations' Raimondo: Want to Reduce Reliance on China  Bloomberg.com

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3 w. ago US ‘knocking on every country’s door’ as it races to secure rare earth supplies

Recent moves by the United States – including President Donald Trump’s meeting with leaders of resource-rich Central Asian countries and the expansion of a US government critical minerals list – signal an urgency in Washington to reduce its reliance on rare earths from China before tensions with Beijing flare up again, analysts said. Despite China’s Ministry of Commerce on Sunday suspending export controls on “dual-use items” related to several key minerals for a year as part of the US-China...

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3 w. ago Half of China’s raw building materials could be recycled by mid

Recycling sand and gravel aggregates from construction and demolition waste could meet half of China’s demand for the materials essential for building skyscrapers, roads and railways by 2050, a Chinese-led study has found. By embracing a circular economy strategy, some provinces could achieve aggregate recycling rates as high as 65 per cent, the team led by researchers from Tsinghua University found. This could significantly ease China’s annual aggregate demand, which is projected to halve by...

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4 w. ago Pillen urges less reliance on China, more focus on domestic demand

Pillen urges less reliance on China, more focus on domestic demand  Brownfield Ag News

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