As they metals gained as a byproducts of other smelting processes it can be made on other countries. The issue is that the process is dirty in the extraction and the Chinese government was willing to be the producer and pollute their land due to crappy environmental laws and corruption. Therefore they made the cost cheaper to sell to chip and electronics manufacturers and cornering the market.
The NIMBY folks will flip if they have to start producing here in the US or other woke western countries to get their cellphone fix and other electronic toys and conveniences.
Nah. they’ll be happy for cell phones and electric cars to be priced out of the reach of the hoi polloi. They’ll gripe but they’ll be happy to pay.