China’s Minerals Monopoly Deemed Improbable

While China might be able to manipulate the rare earth metal market, to monopolize it will be more difficult.
China’s Minerals Monopoly Deemed Improbable
A worker controls the production line of the silicon chips which used for making photoelectric board product at the plant of Tianwei Yingli Green Energy Resources Co., Ltd on June 24, 2009 in Baoding, China. Feng Li/Getty Images
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A worker controls the production line of the silicon chips which used for making photoelectric board product at the plant of Tianwei Yingli Green Energy Resources Co., Ltd on June 24, 2009 in Baoding, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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