China promises to strengthen environmental standards with new rare earth body

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New industry association to beef up environmental protection and tackle ongoing trade disputes for crucial clean tech raw materials

The Chinese government has formed a new rare earth trade association to help improve management of the strategically important sector and beef up environmental protection across the industry, according...

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