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Disruptions to supply chains, such as for raw materials like rare earths, and to transport routes will continue to add to cost pressures.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Beijing has already tightened export controls on rare earths as part of previous trade negotiations with the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The same approach allowed it to dominate rare earths, gallium, germanium and graphite—keeping prices low enough to push Western producers out of the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
So far, the US only has one rare earths mine, in Mountain Pass, California, which primarily yields so-called "light" elements.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
“Adiah was able to take that volume of splendor into her body nearly a hundred years ago, during the Bonding, when it rose to the earths surface in a greater magnitude than usual,” she said.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
