The Strategy That Could Help US Decouple From China’s Rare Earths

The United States and its allies are weighing the rapid reopening of long-abandoned mines to rebuild secure supply chains.

Illustration by The Epoch Times

Boarded-up mines across the world are rusting symbols of how China seized the world’s critical minerals supply chain.

Now, some of these mines—closed not because they ran dry, but by Beijing’s oversupply and price dumping—could be reopened as the Trump administration rallies nations to overthrow China’s supply chain dominance.