for the Texas project, which is part of a US plan to break China’s stranglehold on production of the 17 rare earth elements needed for electric vehicles and defence tools like drones.
“We do not have evidence that the Chinese government is involved and assess that this activity is conducted in support of PRC [Peoples Republic of China] strategic interests,” he said in a written response to questions.“We have observed other coordinated activity conducted by the accounts, constituting a concerted effort to promote desired messaging.”
The low levels of radioactivity in the material Lynas processes have sparked community protests in Malaysia at times in the past decade and made the companyThe social media accounts identified by Mandiant posted images of those Malaysian protests when trying to incite Texans and in some cases also called for Malaysians to boycott Lynas.
“Mandiant’s analysis reveals that this campaign is not driven by actual community or environmental concerns but by other agendas.
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