2013年年末,有些人曾猜测2014年中国是否会放松对稀土市场的掌控。事实是,尽管有迹象显示其垄断地位有所下降,但中国仍旧是世界稀土的领头羊。世贸组织(WTO)裁定中国稀土出口配额违反了世贸条例的消息公布后,中国五矿称中国在全球稀土的市场份额可能下滑至65%。与此同时,中国之外的两大稀土生产商在2014年都取得了良好的进展。一是澳大利亚的莱纳公司,一直处于争议中的马来西亚莱纳先进材 At the end of 2013, some people have speculated on whether China will ease the control of the rare earth market in 2014. The fact is that despite the signs that its monopoly has declined, China remains the world leader in rare earths. After the WTO ruled that China’s export quota of rare earths violates WTO rules, China Minmetals said that its market share in the global rare earths may fall to 65%. Meanwhile, two major rare earth producers outside China made good progress in 2014. First, Reina, an Australian company, has been in the controversial state of Lebanon, Malaysia