Canada Wants to Dethrone China as Top Rare Earths Producer
Over the past few decades, China has steadily monopolized the global rare earth element industry. It controls roughly 90% of global rare earth element production, refining around 85% of the world’s cobalt and producing nearly 100% of global graphite supplies. China is also responsible for 100% of the global production of high-temperature magnets, which are critical in developing weapons systems. Several developed nations are keen on breaking China’s monopoly of the rare earth element segment. Canada, which has one of the largest deposits of rare earth elements on the planet, is looking to position itself as a major competitor to…