China’s stranglehold on rare earths must be ended, says hopeful supplier to EU

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Rafael Moreno, whose company has opened demo plant in Brazil, says market is ‘nervous’ as Trump-Xi summit looms The head of a mining company hoping to supply the EU with rare earths in two years’ time has said it is “paramount” to end China’s strangl…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:00:14 UTC.

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  1. China’s stranglehold on rare earths must be ended, says hopeful supplier to EU

  2. The economy has undergone a structural transformation that ended the low-cost era. ‘The regime change in inflation and interest rates is the outcome’

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