Darkcommie@lemmygrad.ml to World News@lemmygrad.ml · 9 days agoUS, Australia sign rare earth, mineral agreement as China tightens supplywww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkUS, Australia sign rare earth, mineral agreement as China tightens supplywww.aljazeera.comDarkcommie@lemmygrad.ml to World News@lemmygrad.ml · 9 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-square201dberg@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·9 days agoThat’s a laughably small amount to start a large scale mining operation. lol. This is just shuffling money to some contractors to not do jack shit.
minus-squareChe's Motorcycle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 days agoExactly. And even if it resulted in any actual production, China also has a lock on the complex refining process needed to produce rare earth magnets.
That’s a laughably small amount to start a large scale mining operation. lol. This is just shuffling money to some contractors to not do jack shit.
Exactly. And even if it resulted in any actual production, China also has a lock on the complex refining process needed to produce rare earth magnets.