Indian Company Looking to Mine Rare Earths in 3–4 Years, CEO Says

India’s Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) is looking to mine rare-earth minerals, but it will take some time before the corporation and the country see results, the company’s CEO, Arun Misra, said during a Nikkei Asia interview published on July 1.

India, along with Western nations, are actively trying to source rare earths to avoid greater dependence on China, which wields an outsized control of global supply and uses rare earths as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations.