India is said to be exploring rare earth samples from Russia as it steps up efforts to diversify critical mineral supply chains away from China.

India's IREL is negotiating with Rosneft for rare earth samples from Siberia to reduce reliance on China.

Russia has offered India access to the Tomtor rare earth metals deposit in the republic of Sakha (Yakutia), one of the world's largest undeveloped sources of rare earth elements,…