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China's ongoing restrictions on rare earth minerals have already begun to impact industries reliant on the key materials. China imposed export restrictions, which means that you now had to apply to get a license to be able to export these rare earths. We had a very short supply of these materials here in the United States.Certain auto companies have already run out. We saw Ford actually stop production of the Ford Explorer in Chicago because it hasn't been able to access these materials. There's a frustrati ...