White House Ramps Up Efforts to Eliminate China’s Chokehold on Rare Earths
A man driving a front loader shifts soil containing rare earth minerals to be loaded at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, on Sept. 5, 2010. STR/AFP via Getty Images The White House plans to expand its support for domestic rare-earth businesses to counter China’s near-monopoly on rare-earth minerals. Senior officials informed a group