{
  "id": 327537,
  "title": "Companies Race to Recycle Rare Metals as China Risk Grows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/companies-race-to-recycle-rare-metals-as-china-risk-grows",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T07:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Forward",
    "slug": "japan-forward",
    "url": "https://japan-forward.com/japanese-companies-race-recycle-rare-metals-china-risk-grows/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japanese companies like DOWA Holdings are developing technologies to recover lithium, nickel, and cobalt from used batteries as China tightens export controls. The post Companies Race to Recycle Rare Metals as China Risk Grows first appeared on JAPAN Forward .",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}