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SYDNEY/HONG KONG -- Six years ago, the founders of Phoenix Tailings examined a "little black speck" produced by their backyard-welded prototype to separate rare earths and debated whether to buy the equipment needed to test the result.
"I remember it was a huge discussion," one of those…
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