China Takes Strides in Rubidium Extraction – The Northern Miner

China takes strides in rubidium extraction – The Northern Miner

China has achieved a technological breakthrough in the production of rubidium, the South China Morning Post has reported, as Beijing looks to expand its dominance in the critical minerals supply...

Tibet-dependent China now able to extract critical mineral rubidium from brine for first time - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Jun15’25) – Chinese scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the commercial extraction of the critical metal rubidium directly from salt lake brine and whose more accessible form it mines primarily from the historically Tibetan-inhabited province of Qinghai and Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). This potentially slashes China’s dependence on imports – mostly from Canada – […]