Chinese companies use rare earths ban to squeeze out foreign rivals – by Edward White and Harry Dempsey (Australian Financial Review – July 9, 2026)

Chinese companies use rare earths ban to squeeze out foreign rivals – by Edward White and Harry Dempsey (Australian Financial Review – July 9, 2026)

https://www.afr.com/ Shanghai/Tokyo | Chinese manufacturers that use rare earths are seizing a “historic” opportunity to move up the industrial value chain and squeeze their foreign rivals, as Beijing’s export controls on critical minerals hit their Japanese counterparts. China curbed exports of rare earths to dozens of Japanese companies this year after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...