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The company later disclosed that it had entered a 15-year deal to sell its magnetic rare earths to a special-purpose vehicle, capitalized in part by the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
That technology and a scientist involved in its development are now the subject of a bitter lawsuit between two companies racing to become the dominant supplier of U.S.-made rare earths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The European Commission, which leads EU trade policy, is working on an instrument that would force businesses to diversify their suppliers in critical sectors like chips and rare earths.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Dual-use items are those that could have military applications, and include rare earths used in motors and magnets, machine tools, batteries and chip-making equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Bruno was right—the universe was infinite and there were other earths; and Kepler, who had always insisted that the sun and the Earth were unique, was plain wrong.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
