
As we all know, rare earths have the reputation of industrial MSG, industrial gold, and even the versatile soil that Japanese media call high-tech industry. Of course, this precious resource is not really “earth” or “soil”, but a general term for seventeen rare metals. Most of the countries in the world are buried underground or under the sea, which is more or less. According to the US Geological Survey’s “2018 World Minerals Summary” data, China’s rare earth resource reserves are…