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The Scramble for Rare Earths - 3. The Super Magnets

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The Challenges of Diversifying Global Supply Chains

China's virtual monopoly is bound up with other major economic and geopolitical issues. Scientists are working on finding alternatives to rare earth elements in some of the most important applications. Some car manufacturers, like Toyota and General Motors, are experimenting with motors less dependent on rare earths. Next time we'll find out how they are doing that and whether it will work during an era which some have dubbed the Age of Uncertainty.

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