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Interest in rare earth metals is rising due to Indonesia's new policies encouraging domestic processing and China's export reductions.

The trend around rare earth metals ('logam tanah jarang') reflects growing attention on Indonesia's regulatory shifts to process these metals domestically rather than exporting them raw. Articles report the government preparing revisions to rules aimed at increasing local value addition. Additionally, China's export volume of rare earth metals has decreased to a four-month low, influencing global supply dynamics.