In further extending its hold over critical technologies, China deepened its control over the rare earth sector earlier this month, broadening restrictions from raw materials to critical processing and manufacturing technologies. Citing the need to safeguard national security interests, Beijing imposed a stringent export licensing regime on technologies related to the entire rare earth value chain, including the technical know-how for mining, smelting, separation, and, critically, magnetic material manufacturing. To read the full report, Click Here.