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What are 'rare earths' for?

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Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP A truck (L) heading away from a rare earths mine drives past another heavy vehicle in Anyuan county, Ganzhou, in eastern China's Jiangxi province on November 21, 2025.
Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP A truck (L) heading away from a rare earths mine drives past another heavy vehicle in Anyuan county, Ganzhou, in eastern China's Jiangxi province on November 21, 2025.
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