China is warning western companies against stockpiling rare earths or risk even greater shortages, as Beijing tightly controls supplies of the metals vital to electric vehicles and other civilian and defence sectors.
China has told foreign companies not to hoard rare earths and their products, which are mostly magnets used in electric motors and other critical tech, as fears about Beijing’s export curbs drive up demand, according to two people familiar with the matter.
“Beijing is telling companies they cannot go out and build huge inventories in rare earths, or they will face shortages,” one of the people said.
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