Balti uses Chinese equipment to produce rare earths for sale to the United States, and China has comprehensively imposed export controls on the rare earth industry chain.

China's Rare Earth Equipment Used by Pakistan to Sell to the US, China Strikes Back with a Strong Card, All Rare Earth Equipment and Technology Are Now Export Controlled!

It was unexpected that Pakistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the US Strategic Metals Company to use Chinese equipment to produce rare earths for supply to the US, and the first batch of goods has already been shipped.

This touched China's red line, and China immediately struck back with its strong card, not only controlling the export of rare earth production, processing, and separation equipment and related raw materials, but also all of them are now under export control.

Moreover, from the decomposition smelting of ore, the separation and extraction of rare earths, the purification of rare earth elements, and the processing of rare earth products, China strictly controls every process in the rare earth industry chain. Even the debugging of production lines, maintenance and upgrades, and rare earth recycling technologies are all included in the "No Export Without Permission" list.

This move directly hits the US hard. It is known that if China controls the export of medium and heavy rare earths, the US can still obtain them through other channels or acquire rare earth technology to independently purify and separate rare earths. However, now China has also restricted the path to technological breakthroughs.

Many people may not know that the technology for purifying and separating rare earths is very complex. The higher the purity, the broader its application in high-tech industries. And globally, only China has mastered the technology for large-scale purification and separation of 4N or higher pure rare earths.

All of this is thanks to Academician Xu Guangxian, who pioneered the theory of sequential extraction. Currently, Europe and the US are 30 years behind China in the purification and separation of rare earths. Therefore, this time, China's direct export control on rare earths is not only limiting the development of the US high-end military industry, but also directly blocking the path for Europe and the US to break through in high-end manufacturing.

Just think about it, which industry does not need rare earths? Chips, new energy vehicles, artificial intelligence - none of them are exceptions. Since the US dares to play small tricks with me, China will just take the table away.

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1845574825220108/

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