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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Didn't China halt all exports of rare earth minerals to the whole world?

The minerals aren't actually rare, they're just in low concentrations and difficult to extract. It's just a matter of time before thet set up mining and precessing somewhere else. It won't be in the US though. It'll be somewhere with super cheap labor and no regulations or environmental protections. Which is why it was in China in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

They already mine rare earths in America and Australia, it's just production's slow because there's not much demand for gourmet rare earths.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago

It will be Africa where China has already been investing to ensure they get access to those same minerals. They've been playing poker while the US is still playing Marco Polo.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It won't be in the US though. It'll be somewhere with super cheap labor and no regulations or environmental protections.

Just wait; Trump's "policies" will ensure the US meets both those criteria.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good, the environment is made up and the children yearn for the mines!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

They’re not called minors for nothing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We‘ll see who folds first, the global export halt is to stop leakage via third countries, thus the question is: can the US set up a parallel mining industry before the stockpiles run out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

lol that wasn't why it was in China in the first place, as Tim Cook explains here https://peertube.mesnumeriques.fr/w/ek3Q1mdFUMEBMxhT46Qrev

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Unrelated to the political part of the meme, the second she turns her back, he's gonna be standing up on top of the wooden boxes to reach those toys.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

There's more than one? And there are even rarity tiers?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago