Workers handle neodymium ingots before they are crushed at Neo Material Technologies Inc.'s Magnequench Tianjin Co. factory in Tianjin, China. Photographer: Doug Kanter/Bloomberg
Workers handle neodymium ingots before they are crushed at Neo Material Technologies Inc.'s Magnequench Tianjin Co. factory in Tianjin, China. Photographer: Doug Kanter/Bloomberg
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