SYDNEY -- The mineral-rich sands beneath the farmland of Victoria are capturing attention from Australian miners and politicians keen to turn the country into a bigger producer of critical minerals -- as well as from one of China's largest rare earth companies looking for supply.
Chinese rare earth companies are snapping up all the supply they can get, but local farmers in Australia worry about them exporting environmental degradation to other countries. (Nikkei montage)
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