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China's rare earth quotas are a joke. 74% of oxides never left port this year

Frik Els | May 18, 2012 | 9:00 pm Battery Metals Asia China Europe Rare Earth 

Chinese authorities have added 10,680 tonnes to the country's export allowance on the top of the 10,546 tonnes it had already allocated to 11 state-sanctioned miners this year. It is something of a meaningless exercise because during the first quarter...

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