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While Western countries are trying to launch their own rare earth processing operations, the ban is expected to have the biggest impact in so-called “heavy rare earths,” used in EV motors, medical devices and weaponry, where China has a virtual monopoly on refining. “This should be a cla...
China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration issued draft rules on Thursday to manage e-cigarettes, a step to enhance the industry's regulations. According to the draft rules, companies selling e-cigarettes in China must meet national standards to register with the tobacco ...
Rare earth metals are actually more abundant than their name suggests but extracting, processing and refining are tricky for a myriad of technical and environmental reasons. These 17 elements — which are subdivided into the light rare earths and heavy rare earths subsets based on their atomic ...
This is the SAIC’s first publicly announced investigation into abuse of dominance since the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) came into force in 2008. The investigation also represents an extraordinary joinder of more than twenty provincial and municipal branches of the SAIC countrywide that have been ...
Rare earth in Saskatchewan: China is unlikely to welcome a made-in-Canada solution to its monopoly on rare earth metals.(NATURAL RESOURCES)Doll, Cyril
The accelerated urbanization will increase the demand for energy-intensive industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, building materials, and chemicals, and boost heavy industries. Therefore, although China’s industrialization has entered an advanced stage, its industry sectors still contributed 32.1%...