Chinese Exporters Reroute Rare Earths to Keep Supplying U.S.

Chinese exporters of some rare earths have rerouted their flows to skirt a ban on selling these commodities to the U.S., and now they enter the country from Thailand and Mexico, Reuters has reported, citing customs and shipping records. According to the records, while Chinese exports of antimony, a critical mineral that is used in batteries and microchips, to the United States had stopped since December last year, exports of the mineral to Thailand and Mexico had surged. Both of these countries became top-three importers of Chinese antimony, Reuters…