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That person, looks like they have some environmental role, seems to be talking about future mining. That future mining should internalize the externalities in its price, which seems fair enough.

I don’t think they are asking companies to help with their current cleanup. (That would expose them to similar claims in other countries which serve their industries).

But your major point is right that they were more than happy to dump rare earths to corner a market and are now suffering the consequences of that policy.