India Looks To Keep Domestic Rare Earth Supply at Home

Following the disruption to the global rare earth supply chain after China’s export curbs, India is now looking at ways to keep its own rare earths at home. The government has asked state-owned minerals and metals mining enterprise IREL (India) Limited to halt a more than a decade-old supply agreement to export rare earth elements to Japan, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the development.

But the idea to stop supply to Japan may not be immediately feasible because it is part of a bilateral government deal, one…