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Antimony smuggling case offers insight into export control challenges

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China’s export controls are inadvertently fueling a high-profit black market for critical minerals. On December 16, a court in Shenzhen found 27 people guilty of smuggling antimony ingots.

The "main culprit," Wang Wubin, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined RMB 1 million. The remaining 26 ...