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China's steel industry has grown significantly since the
mid-1990's. China is now the world's largest steelmaker and steel
consumer. In 2009, China produced over 567 million tons of crude
steel, nearly half of the worlds steel. That was 10 times the U.S.
production.
Over the past few years, the Chinese government has implemented a
number of policies to tighten its control over the production and
export of "rare earths"-a unique group of 17 metal elements on the
periodic table that exhibit a range of special properties, such as
magnetism, luminescence, and strength. Rare earths are important to
a number of high technology industries, including renewable energy
and various defense systems.
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