中国继续通过国内大规模开采和大量进口放射性独居石矿石，主导全球稀土矿物加工。
China Solidifies Global Monazite Control as Western Competitors Push for Rare-Earth Supply Independence China continues to dominate global rare-earth mineral processing through vast domestic extraction and extensive overseas imports of radioactive monazite ore.
内蒙古的白云鄂博矿区去年提供了产出17万吨稀土金属的矿石，其中独居石占比30%至40%。
In Inner Mongolia, the Bayan Obo complex provided ore yielding 170,000 tonnes of rare-earth metal last year, with monazite comprising 30 to 40 percent.
中国还在2025年进口了超过7万吨独居石矿石，主要通过重矿砂渠道以规避进口管制。
China also imported over 70,000 tonnes of monazite ore in 2025, largely via heavy mineral sands to bypass import controls.
作为回应，工业化国家正在筹资开发替代方案，以抵消北京的主导地位。
In response, industrialized nations are financing alternatives to counteract Beijing's dominance.
美国政府向MP Materials拨款4亿美元，并向Energy Fuels提供最高7.25亿美元的有条件贷款，后者正在澳大利亚、巴西和马达加斯加收购独居石矿床。
The United States government allocated $400 million to MP Materials and offered up to $725 million in conditional loans to Energy Fuels, which is acquiring monazite deposits across Australia, Brazil, and Madagascar.