Exports of rare earths now require special licenses, but Beijing has yet to fully establish a system for issuing them, the New York Times reported.
  • Omega@discuss.online
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    6 days ago

    What do you mean a massive stash? Rare earth isn’t banded iron it’s not gold or copper from porphyry copper deposits it’s very spread out throughout entire continents and that’s exactly why it is hard to source, and a part of the reason why china succeeded was their government support eliminated risks of unprofitable business

    The US and Australia ain’t doing shit unless they fund and afterwards support them, or create a state owned enterprise