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Why hasn’t China’s new resource tax led to higher REE prices?

The costs of rare earth elements (REEs) have continued to fall despite China’s new tax regime. However, we think that it is only a matter of time before higher taxes and positive demandfundamentals translate into a recovery in prices.

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