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Re:China ready to hit back at U.S. with rare earths by ummonk on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @04:41AM (#20037970)
How is Sheffield steel an example of rare earth metals?
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Re:China ready to hit back at U.S. with rare earths by bArray on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:12AM (#20038432)
> How is Sheffield steel an example of rare earth metals?

It's a local (to me) example of China undercutting an industry in order to destroy it and replace it. This is how they achieved dominance in some of the "rare earth" material trading industries.

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