Turning the tide on China’s dominance of the rare earth market is possible. Here’s what it would take

Creating a supply chain elsewhere is ‘humanly possible’ but requires ‘some real strategery,’ USA Rare Earth’s CEO said at the recent World Changing Ideas Summit.

Rare earth minerals are so ubiquitous and critical to much of today’s technology, that tonight’s dinner might not have made it to the table without them. And according to USA Rare Earth CEO Barbara Humpton, for decades, the world has sat back and let China become the sole supplier of these minerals, even as the country has used its dominance in this market as a geopolitical game piece.