Rare Earths Supply Chain Strains Persist Despite Trade Truce

Via Metal Miner   With the United States and China ratcheting down the tariff war (for 90 days at least), many expected that the export of rare earths and permanent magnets would soon return to pre-trade war conditions, as MetalMiner’s weekly newsletter weighed in on in the past. However, that does not seem to be happening on the ground. Now, alarm bells are going off as market insiders anticipate a major shortage in global rare earth supplies. China Allow Some Export of Rare Earths There is a bit of positive news: China has granted…