Brussels, 02/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - China has sought to reassure the international community over rare earth. It holds 97% of the planet's known reserves and, over the last few weeks, would appear to have imposed definite export restrictions. On Monday 1 November, Deputy Trade Minister Chen Jian delivered a promise that China would not significantly reduce its export quotas in 2011 compared with recent levels. On 20 October, Beijing announced that it would limit exports of rare earth next...