Baosteel has been a shareholder of Noront for years..
And they have a relationship with Tesla
http://www.otaisteel.com/baosteel-shares-tesla-will-increase-use-ultra-high-strength-steel-baosteel-preparing-supply/
Tesla is hiring people for the Giga Factory in China
https://electrek.co/2018/08/07/tesla-hiring-gigafactory-3-china/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-08/tesla-is-said-to-engage-chinese-banks-to-fund-shanghai-factory
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And in Europe it's a contest between Germany or Netherlands for the giga factory. (kind of like the contest between Timmins and the Sault for Noront's smelter :) )
https://electrek.co/2018/07/30/tesla-talks-gigafactory-4-germany-netherlands-report/