Source
Every record links the filing, register or release it draws on.
Thirteen minerals. 58 countries.
The registry covers thirteen minerals across 58 countries: separation, refining, metal and alloy, magnet and recycling. Each record states its source, the date it was checked and a route to correct it.
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Plants
13
Minerals
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Countries
100%
Sourced & dated
Two layers
China Watch records export-control actions, each with a date and a source. The Registry records the plants that process each mineral outside China.
Free — China Watch
Why you should care, weekly.
Export controls, quota moves, licence pauses and supply shocks, distilled from primary sources.
Paid — Ex-China Registry
Who can actually process it, today.
Every plant outside China, with owner, mineral, process step, capacity, offtake and proof. CSV + API export, $79/mo.
How a record qualifies
A record is published when a source states the plant, the process and the country. Capacity appears only where a source gives it; otherwise the record reads not stated.
Date
Verification date on every record. Stale data is visible.
Verdict
101 confirmed, 196 corrected and 19 unconfirmed, dated per record.
Correction route
Every page has a way to flag an error.
In November 2026 we re-checked 423 records against primary sources and corrected 196 of them. How a record is verified