Watch: Can India compete with China in rare earths? | Data Point

India has stepped up its exploration of rare-earth minerals. The authorities has announced rare-earth corridors, cleared a ₹73-billion program to physique a home rare-earth magnet ecosystem, and expanded surveys crossed coastal sands and hard-rock regions. On paper, India seems ready. But having uncommon earths successful the crushed is not the aforesaid arsenic having them successful your proviso chain

Published - February 27, 2026 04:58 p.m. IST