Aerospace tests rare earth alternatives
Aerospace suppliers are revisiting decades-old turbine coating formulas to reduce reliance on China amid critical mineral shortages. Experts warn that fully breaking dependency on Chinese rare earths will take years.
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Aerospace suppliers in the United States are testing 1970s turbine coating formulas to bypass raw material bottlenecks driven by China export controls. The pivot revives obsolete ceramic oxides as rare-earth prices climb across the defense sector. Finding substitutes could reduce supply vulnerability, though commercial adoption remains years away.
