Due to rising tensions between Japan, which manufactures many electronics, and China, which holds a "near monopoly" on Rare Earth metal mining, Japanese companies are looking for new ways to acquire the metals before their supplier enacts an embargo. The article mentions a possible mining deal with Vietnam, as well as using less rare earths in manufacturing, but focusses more on the option of electronics recycling.
As it is from the BBC, this article has little political bias, remaining neutral on disputes between China and Japan. It does, however stress electronics recycling, which is given multiple paragraphs, over the Vietnamese mining deal and manufacturing changes.
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E- mining
G- global economics
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