{
  "id": 7469041,
  "title": "Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste in world first",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/chinese-plant-extracts-critical-rare-metals-from-lithium-waste-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-15T04:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3367490/chinese-plant-extracts-critical-rare-metals-lithium-waste-world-first"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China has launched a 500-tonne production line to extract rubidium and caesium from lithium waste. A demonstration line in Jiangxi province – the world’s first with an annual capacity of 500 tonnes for continuous tower extraction and separation of low-grade rubidium and caesium – has achieved stable production, according to the Institute of Process Engineering under the Chinese Academy of…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste in world first",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/chinese-plant-extracts-critical-rare-metals-from-lithium-waste-in-7469809",
        "published": "2026-09-15T04:00:05.000Z"
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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."
}