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The real wake-up call came last year when China imposed export controls on rare earths, sending shockwaves across supply chains globally.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

The country holds an estimated 21 million tons of rare earths, roughly a quarter of global reserves, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Companies and government officials say they want to build processing plants that can separate rare earths, produce metals and eventually manufacture magnets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In April, USA Rare Earth, backed by U.S. government financing, agreed to pay $2.8 billion to acquire Serra Verde, the only large-scale producer outside Asia extracting rare earths from clay deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A universe in which there were two earths within one sphere of water was no longer an Aristotelian universe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton