Really_McNamington t1_iujui9f wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:42 PM

Reply to comment by KmartQuality in British and Austrian scientists have developed substances that have the opportunity to replace rare earths. In the future, the "artificial cosmic magnets" produced in the laboratory are expected to be used in wind power generation and electric vehicles. by future168life

Apparently, the extraction and purification of rare earths gets really unpleasantly toxic. China can get away with things that might be harder to do elsewhere.