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REE supply cuts set to push up prices

Low rare earths (REE) prices seem to be pushing up China’s exports as previously-delayed purchases are ramped up. However, recent pledges by a number of Chinese REE producers that they would smelt less ore than their allocated quotas this year bolster our view that prices are set to recover over the remainder of the year and in 2016.

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