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  "id": 17172983,
  "title": "US-Owned Startup Plans $600 Million Malaysia Rare-Earth Refinery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/us-owned-startup-plans-600-million-malaysia-rare-earth-refinery",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T03:13:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-30/us-owned-startup-plans-600-million-malaysia-rare-earth-refinery"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A US majority-owned startup plans to invest $600 million in a rare-earth refinery in Malaysia, seeking to develop a new source of the critical minerals as Washington pushes to reduce its reliance on China.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "US-owned startup plans US$600 million Malaysia rare earth refinery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/us-owned-startup-plans-us-600-million-malaysia-rare-earth-refinery",
        "published": "2026-10-30T05:00:12.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}