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  "id": 3781892,
  "title": "Brazil’s rare earths will not loosen China’s magnet grip this decade, researchers say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/brazils-rare-earths-will-not-loosen-chinas-magnet-grip-this-decade-3781892",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T16:55:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3365504/brazils-rare-earths-will-not-loosen-chinas-magnet-grip-decade-researchers-say"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Brazil will not be able to make rare earth magnets from its own raw materials before 2032, the coordinator of the country’s main magnet pilot plant said on Wednesday, leaving China’s near monopoly on the technology intact for years to come. Andre Luis Pimenta de Faria, who runs the plant for Senai, the research and training arm of Brazil’s national industry confederation, told a public policy…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Brazil’s rare earths will not loosen China’s magnet grip this decade, researchers say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/brazils-rare-earths-will-not-loosen-chinas-magnet-grip-this-decade",
        "published": "2026-08-27T16:55:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Datacenters face direct hit from China rare earth curbs, as clock runs out on escalated licensing chokeoff",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/datacenters-face-direct-hit-from-china-rare-earth-curbs-as-clock-runs",
        "published": "2026-08-28T13:01:14.000Z"
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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."
}