A worker uses a drill with a metal brush attachment to polish an ingot of rare earth metal known as neodymium-praseodymium oxide, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at the Phoenix Tailings refinery in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)
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