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Comment by jacquesm

5 days ago

That's 60% to 70% down from 90%+ and dropping steadily every year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/business/japan-rare-earth...

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mullingitover  5 days ago

Right, and that 20-30% drop took them fifteen years. That's not exactly the blink of an eye, they're still looking at many decades to fully wean themselves off Chinese sources.

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