{"id":246330,"date":"2026-08-12T15:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/246330\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:23:15","slug":"china-is-sending-scientists-to-iran-for-rare-earth-exploration-and-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/246330\/","title":{"rendered":"China is sending scientists to Iran for rare earth \u2018exploration and processing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China is expanding its scientific collaboration with Iran into the strategically sensitive field of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/rare-earths?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rare earths<\/a>, including processing technologies that Beijing has increasingly sought to protect from overseas transfer.The National Natural <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Science<\/a> Foundation of China (NSFC) unveiled the latest joint workshop programme with its Iranian counterpart on Monday, listing the \u201cexploration and processing of rare earth elements\u201d among five areas selected for cooperation.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Chinese side will provide 30,000 yuan (US$4,200) for each workshop, covering expenses including meetings, accommodation and domestic travel, while the Iran National Science Foundation will help with international travel for Iranian participants and accommodation for Chinese researchers visiting Iran, the NSFC said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Rare earths \u2013 a group of 17 metals with unusual magnetic and electronic properties \u2013 are critical to modern weapons, from missiles and fighter jets to radar and other electronic systems.<\/p>\n<p>What are rare earths, and why is China\u2019s dominance facing global pushback<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the United States had used \u201cvirtually all\u201d of its long-range precision missiles during the five-month conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China is expanding its scientific collaboration with Iran into the strategically sensitive field of rare earths, including processing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[383,15060,262,38,34,68509,68512,68513,68510,351,68511,309,153,1705],"class_list":["post-246330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-beijing","tag-belt-and-road-initiative","tag-china","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-iran-national-science-foundation","tag-national-natural-science-foundation-of-china","tag-nsfc","tag-rare-earth","tag-reuters","tag-the-hague-research-institute","tag-trump-administration","tag-us","tag-washington"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117083229750158995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}