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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by chii on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:10PM (#35462328)
How do these non-chinese companies survive if their production is so bad, customer service so poor, and price is so high? Who are their current customers that are paying for their services?
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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by troyvit on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @09:25PM (#35462895)
US government contracts? (I'm joking ... I think)
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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by varispeed on Thursday April 06, 2023 @05:03AM (#35465991)
I guess government, military, scientific organisations are the customers, where they want to keep their IP within the country.
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