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China’s Rare-Earth Supply Choke

China’s clampdown on the export of rare earth minerals and compounds has left the nascent Indian EV industry gasping for breath as it now finds itself without a critical raw material.

05 Jun 2025 | 5496 Views | By Kiran Murali

It was introduced as a tit-for-tat response to US imposition of ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on global nations, but China’s clampdown on the export of rare earth minerals is threatening to deliver a crippling blow to India’s nascent electric vehicle industry.

The curbs, imposed in early April, have severely disrupted the ...

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