Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)--Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. plans to build a new rare earth factory in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, in order to increase domestic supplies, thereby helping reduce the country's heavy reliance on imports from China, it was learned Thursday. The

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Shin-Etsu Chemical plans to build a rare-earth smelter in Japan, reducing dependence on Chinese processing as demand for EV and clean energy magnets surges.

Shin-Etsu Chemical is investing 35 billion yen to build a new rare-earth refinery in Japan, its first since 2008, to reduce dependency on Chinese supply

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)--Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. plans to build a new rare earth factory in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, in order to increase domestic supplies, thereby…