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> 1) Cut them off on technology Google Rare Earth metals producers [0] Do you really want to enter who will starve first competition? [0] https://www.statist
by me_me_me 6y ago
> 1) Cut them off on technology
Google Rare Earth metals producers [0]
Do you really want to enter who will starve first competition?
[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/268011/top-countries-in-rare-earth-mine-production/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/268011/top-countries-in-...
- magicsmoke 6y agoChina dominates rare earth metal production not because they have a monopoly on extraction technology or deposits, but because rare earth extraction is an extremely polluting process that developed countries no longer do. If China did restrict exports of rare earths, they're just providing an opportunity for mines like Mountain Pass in California to start production again. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/23/18637071/rare-earth-china-production-america-demand-trade-war-tariffs https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/23/18637071/rare-earth-china...
- me_me_me 6y agoI see, thanks for correcting me.