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On January 1, 2027, Chinese magnets get banned from US weapons systems. The US makes 0.3% of the world's NdFeB magnets. Plus: USA Rare Earth's third plant in five months.
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The €175M France expansion lands the same week MP Materials filed for magnet IP theft. Plus Japan mining rare earth mud from six kilometers under the Pacific.
China makes 94% of NdFeB magnets. America makes 0.3%. And the 0.3% just landed in Texas state court.
Four countries, $20 billion, one shared problem: China refines 90% of the rare earths the modern economy runs on.
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