Jakarta, Nov. 3 -- Indonesia's Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto has stressed the need for national collaboration to strengthen the country's independence in rare earth elements technology.

He said such collaboration is a crucial step toward technological self-reliance, noting that a nation's economic success depends not only on its natural resources but also on its ability to master and apply research-based technology.

"We must have a strategy; the key to using rare earth elements lies in our ability to master technology and build industry," he said in a statement in Jakarta on Monday.

Yuliarto, who also chairs the Mineral Industry Agency (BIM), highlighted the importance of learning from countries s...