TOKYO -- Beijing's tighter controls on rare-earth exports are buoying miners' shares, at a time when high prices for the sought-after metals have already pushed up industry profits.
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A worker waters a rare-earth mining site in Nancheng county, in China's Jiangxi province. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Beijing's tighter controls on rare-earth exports are buoying miners' shares, at a time when high prices for the sought-after metals have already pushed up industry profits.