This article, originally published by Pacific Forum, is republished with permission. Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors in April that the production of its Optimus humanoid robots had been affected by China’s export restrictions of rare earth magnets. That admission marks the clearest signal yet that China’s export controls on heavy rare-earth magnets are hitting high-tech US […]The post Securing neodymium is a strategic imperative for America appeared first on Asia Times.