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There is a reason China does so well refining metals like lithium and rare earths: it's difficult, resource intensive and polluting. They have about a 80% globa
by nutjob2 5mo ago
There is a reason China does so well refining metals like lithium and rare earths: it's difficult, resource intensive and polluting. They have about a 80% global share in lithium processing.
That doesn't matter under a communist dictatorship, but in more civilized countries people don't want it in their backyard.
- ninalanyon 5mo agoThere is very little that is communist left in China.
- Sabinus 5mo agoDo you want to be reliant on a communist dictatorship for multiple critical inputs to your economy?