Are China’s Rare Earths Really a Potent Weapon?

Louisiana rare earth plant eligible for $750M of federal funding - The Daily Bo Snerdley

  (The Center Square) – Aclara Resources announced it has received a letter of interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for up to $750 million in financing for Project Dynamo, the company’s proposed rare earths processing plant at the Port of Vinton. Vancouver-based Aclara said in April it expects to spend approximately $277 million to build the plant, where heavy rare earths are to be extracted from ores produced at mines in Br…

Are China’s Rare Earths Really a Potent Weapon?

The available evidence indicates that Chinese rare-earth export restrictions would cost the West far less than often feared, though this cost is impossible to estimate precisely in advance. This is forcing prudence on both sides, to the disappointment of geopolitical hawks and the benefit of the global economy.