Lindian Resources signs a 70% SEGH carbonate offtake with Carester, linking African monazite and Kazakhstan heavy rare earth feedstocks to European separation.
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Sumitomo Corporation
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About Sumitomo Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation is a Japanese general trading house (sogo shosha) headquartered in Tokyo and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (ticker 8053). Operating across steel, automotive, transportation, urban development, media, lifestyle, chemicals, energy transformation and mineral resources, it is a major intermediary in global critical-mineral and rare-earth supply chains. Through its Mineral Resources business, Sumitomo trades and invests in copper, nickel, aluminium and other materials, and has pursued rare-earth supply partnerships aimed at building secure, Western-aligned sources of light and heavy rare earths for clean energy, defense and advanced technologies. The company has signed agreements and letters of intent with Western rare-earth developers and processors, including arrangements to distribute separated rare-earth products into Japanese and allied markets. Sumitomo’s scale and trading network make it a key downstream and logistics partner in diversifying neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium supply outside China.
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