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BEIJING—China moved to tighten its control over rare-earth metals Thursday by expanding its export-quota system and imposing higher taxes on the minerals, which are used in such high-tech applications as laser-guided weapons and hybrid-car batteries.

China Tightens Rare-Earth Rules 2011

For example, prices for lanthanum, a metal used in hybrid-car batteries, has surged to more than $160 a kilogram from just over $10 in early 2009.

Testing Their Metals Tatyana Shumsky 2011

In all, California issued some 85,000 yellow stickers giving hybrid-car owners the right to cruise "high occupancy vehicle" lanes in splendid isolation, while motorists in less advanced cars stewed in the slow lanes.

Kicking Hybrid Cars Out of the Fast Lane Joseph B. White 2011

Toyota unveiled the first of a family of new models that will carry the Prius hybrid-car name, part of a move to establish the Prius as a brand in its own right.

Business Watch 2011

The car maker's global president and chief executive, Akio Toyoda , in Changshu Saturday for the groundbreaking, said Toyota plans to begin producing key hybrid-car components in China as early as 2015.

Toyota to Share Technology in China Norihiko Shirouzu 2011

On Thursday, China's cabinet and Commerce Ministry said it would further tighten its control over rare-earth metals by expanding its export-quota system and imposing higher taxes on the minerals, which are used in such high-tech applications as laser-guided weapons and hybrid-car batteries.

China Rare-Earth Exports Rise Chuin-Wei Yap 2011

China controls almost the entire global supply of rare-earth minerals, which are used in everything from wind turbines to hybrid-car batteries to military equipment.

China Inspects Rare-Earth Production 2011

Rare earths—shorthand for a collection of 17 minerals used to make products from hybrid-car batteries and oil-refining agents to military equipment—have been surging, with the prices of some rising more than tenfold since 2009 amid panic buying.

Rare-Earths Prices Appear to Soften James T. Areddy 2011

Industry and government officials have begun talking about a Chinese government plan to offer access to its rare-earth resources which are used in products such as hybrid-car batteries and missiles and are under strict export restrictions to get companies including electronics manufacturers and auto makers to set up rare-earth-processing plants in China.

China May Widen Door to Rare-Earth Joint Ventures 2010

Lonnie Miller, a Polk analyst, says California is still the country's biggest hybrid-car market but that demand for the vehicles ebbed as the economy weakened and the novelty of hybrids wore off.

Hybrids Running Out of Gas 2010