The new rules, issued by the Chinese Commerce Ministry, cover rare‑earth production, processing and separation equipment, as well as related raw and auxiliary materials. Overseas rare earths producers need to apply for export licenses from the Chinese government to obtain China’s extraction technologies and separation equipment. Exporters must identify dual-use items and provide detailed technical parameters if products approach control thresholds, according to the documents. The unified measures will take effect on November 8, just two days before the November 10 expiration date of the current trade truce between the US and China.
Beijing’s latest move follows a memorandum of understanding signed on September 8 between the Pakistani government and US Strategic Metals to produce critical minerals in Pakistan. It also precedes a potential meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump during the APEC summit in South Korea later this month.
