How Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China

Jonathan Josephs

Reporting fromLa Rochelle, western France
BBC Storage tanks and overhead pipes amid a bright blue sky at Solvay's rare earths processing facility in La Rochelle, western FranceBBC

Solvay’s rare earths processing facility in western France is one of only two in Europe

For almost 80 years rare earth metals have been pumped out of this industrial plant in La Rochelle…

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