Delicate extraction: Malaysia offers rare earths alternative to China

Workers load tonnes of rare earth minerals into bags ready for shipping at a refinery in eastern Malaysia, fuelling the global pushback against China’s grip on the critical sector. Rare earths are a key ingredient in products ranging from smartphones to fighter jets, electric cars and wind turbines — and increasingly for hardware powering the artificial intelligence […] The post Delicate extraction: Malaysia offers rare earths alternative to China appeared first on Digital Journal.