{
  "id": 264679,
  "title": "China plans to increase mine output in world’s largest rare earth deposit by 50%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/china-plans-to-increase-mine-output-in-worlds-largest-rare-earth-264679",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T11:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3363230/china-plans-increase-mine-output-worlds-largest-rare-earth-deposit-50"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China plans to expand production capacity of a mine in Bayan Obo in its Inner Mongolia region with an investment of over half a billion yuan (US$74 million). The expansion will raise the mine’s annual output by 50 per cent from 10 million to 15 million tonnes at the world’s largest rare earth deposit. Bayan Obo is a complex polymetallic deposit containing iron, rare earths, fluorite, niobium,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China plans to increase mine output in world’s largest rare earth deposit by 50%",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/china-plans-to-increase-mine-output-in-worlds-largest-rare-earth",
        "published": "2026-08-07T11:00:06.000Z"
      }
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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."
}