{"id":142609,"date":"2025-12-18T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=142609"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:00:14","slug":"china-jails-smugglers-of-weapon-metal-antimony-taking-tough-stance-on-critical-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=142609","title":{"rendered":"China jails smugglers of weapon metal antimony, taking tough stance on critical minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Chinese court has convicted 27 individuals of smuggling more than 166 tonnes of antimony, a critical mineral used in weapons, semiconductors and flame retardants, in a significant enforcement action under Beijing\u2019s tighter export controls for dual-use items.<br \/>\nThe Shenzhen Intermediate People\u2019s Court in Guangdong province ruled that the group had illegally shipped the critical mineral without obtaining export licences, according to a statement released on Tuesday.<br \/>\nLead defendant Wang Wubin was&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3336917\/china-jails-smugglers-weapon-metal-antimony-taking-tough-stance-critical-minerals?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 PostA Chinese court has convicted 27 individuals of smuggling more than 166 tonnes of antimony, a critical mineral used in weapons, semiconductors and flame&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\/142609"}],"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=142609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}