{"id":134053,"date":"2025-08-05T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134053"},"modified":"2025-08-05T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:00:07","slug":"for-the-us-its-mountain-pass-or-fail-versus-chinas-rare-earth-supremacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134053","title":{"rendered":"For the US, it\u2019s Mountain Pass \u2013 or fail \u2013 versus China\u2019s rare earth supremacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostRare earths are needed for everything from consumer electronics to electric vehicles, wind turbines and fighter jets \u2013 and China controls the supply chain. In the second of a four-part series, we look at how China gradually took a commanding role in the rare earth industry, and how the US is now working to strengthen its sources and production.<br \/>\nNearly a half-century removed from being the world\u2019s dominant supplier of rare earth elements, California\u2019s Mountain Pass mine is once again being tasked&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3320805\/us-its-mountain-pass-or-fail-bid-supplant-chinas-rare-earth-supremacy?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostRare earths are needed for everything from consumer electronics to electric vehicles, wind turbines and fighter jets \u2013 and China controls the supply chain.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134053"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}