Rare Earths Aren’t so Rare in China
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Rare earths aren’t so rare in China
The minerals include yttrium oxide, which is crucial for manufacturing jet engines and semiconductors. Inside China, one kilogram costs a mere $9. But outside of China? $1,150. China’s rare earth export controls — imposed partly in response to new US tariffs — are now threatening global supply chains. Japan has warned that it could run out of some of these minerals by the end of the year.
Japan is grappling with an impending and acute shortage of the rare earth metal yttrium as a result of strict Chinese export restrictions. Without a rapid easing, major disruptions threaten to erupt in the global automotive, defense, and semiconductor industries within just a few months. Tokyo has asked the US government and leading American companies for urgent assistance to put pressure on Beijing.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Seong-han = As China tightens export restrictions on rare earth elements, yttrium, a key raw material for jet engines and semiconductor manufacturing, faces a crisis of depletion...
Japan is months away from exhausting its ytrium stocks, an essential metal, and has asked the United States to pressure China to flexibly export controls on rare lands that threaten to cause serious disturbances in the automotive, defense and semiconductor sectors around the world. Read more (10/20/2026)
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Japan Is Months From Running Out of a Critical Rare Earth
London, 20 October 2026 — EBM Newsdesk Analysis — By Katie Winearls Japan could run short of yttrium, a heat-resistant rare earth used in jet engines, cars and chipmaking, as early as the end of this year, according to the Financial Times. One Japanese official put the timeline at “months, not years”. The most striking […]
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