How Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China
Source: BBC
Jonathan JosephsReporting fromLa Rochelle, western FranceBBCSolvay's rare earths processing facility in western France is one of only two in EuropeFor almost 80 years rare earth metals have been pumped out of this industrial plant in La Rochelle on France's west coast.But as the materials become more and more crucial to the global economy, chemicals firm Solvay is expanding its processing plant next to the…
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