Infographic: Who controls rare earth processing?

MINING.COM and The Northern Miner chart refined rare earth magnet output through a geopolitical lens, segmenting the world into four “Spheres of Control”: the Chinese Sphere, the American Sphere, the Coalition of the Willing, and the Undrafted.

These groupings reflect geographic, social, cultural, and economic ties—and possible alignments in a more polarized world.

Watch: In this 18-minute presentation at the CentralMinEX conference in Newfoundland, TNM Group President Anthony Vaccaro examines how the world is fracturing into competing spheres of control.

(By Anthony Vaccaro; Files from: Ali Ravaghi; Creative: James Alafriz)

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