On: China plans to ban exports of rare earth magnet tech

[sfifs]

Not clear from the article or the comments here whether the proposed ban is on the magnets themselves or the technology to manufacture the magnets. The words read both ways. Anyone has seen/has insight into the original proposal in Chinese?

[gscott → sfifs]

In the past the ban has been on the raw materials. Japan is setup to process raw rare earth materials so it affected them badly.