BEIJING -- China on Thursday banned exports of technology for making rare-earth magnets and imposed other restrictions related to the vital industrial metals, in an apparent response to moves by the U.S. and Japan to reduce their reliance on Chinese suppliers.
Technologies for rare-earth ore mining, ore selection and refining are also among the items added to a list of technologies subject to export controls. Technologies related to extracting and separating rare earths and producing alloys were already banned for export.
