Dossier
high-performance magnets
Coverage of high-performance magnets in the Nexus archive.
- The Rare-Earth Choke Point: One Country, the Price of Everything
China refines most of the world’s rare earths and produces high-performance magnets. Beijing tightened export controls on seven rare-earth elements in 2025 and imposed new curbs on Japan in 2026, with shipments of two heavy rare earths to Japan dropping to zero.