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Brazil Closes Rare Earth Legal Gap With $1.4B Law as China Suspension Clock Runs Down

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Brazil rare earth law, passed by the Senate September 3, fills the regulatory vacuum blocking the world's only non-Asian ionic clay deposit from expanding -- arriving 67 days before China's export control suspension expires November 10, 2026, as USA Rare Earth closes in on a $2.8B acquisition of the sole non-Chinese producer of all four magnetic rare earths.

First report: China and Brazil and US Race for Rare Earths — bloomberg.com, 11d