{"id":151527,"date":"2026-05-18T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151527"},"modified":"2026-05-18T05:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:00:08","slug":"china-rare-earth-breakthrough-in-icy-northeast-could-cement-countrys-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151527","title":{"rendered":"China rare earth breakthrough in icy northeast could cement country\u2019s dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have identified a new type of rare earths formation in the nation\u2019s frigid northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin \u2013 a discovery that could challenge assumptions about how rare earths occur across the country.<br \/>\nUnlike the clay-heavy deposits of southern China \u2013 which require chemical leaching to release the elements \u2013 the northern formations consist of loose sand and gravel formed by natural freeze-thaw cycles. This difference could make extraction more efficient, less&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3353922\/china-rare-earth-breakthrough-icy-northeast-could-cement-countrys-dominance?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 PostChinese scientists have identified a new type of rare earths formation in the nation\u2019s frigid northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin \u2013 a discovery&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\/151527"}],"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=151527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}