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Thanks Bill Clinton!
Yes, rare earth metals are everywhere but only in a handful of economically feasible locations where they exist in abundance for efficient mining.
AmericanKulak says
Thanks Bill Clinton!
Yes, rare earth metals are everywhere but only in a handful of economically feasible locations where they exist in abundance for efficient mining.
Afghanistan is one, if we just allowed the nation to stabilize instead of blowing it up.
Did you know the Taliban offered to hand over binLaden TWICE? First, they wanted to see the evidence that binLaden was involved, after the war started, they offered him up unconditionally if the war stopped so we ended up spending like 5 trillion dollars to hand it over to China. Probably made a decent amount of money on heroine and opium but the Chinese kneecapped us there even with Fentanyl.
That's our awesome fucking Neocon shithead's genius!
Did you know the Taliban offered to hand over binLaden TWICE?
Yes, this was a absolute failure to US.
richwicks says
Did you know the Taliban offered to hand over binLaden TWICE?
HeadSet says
richwicks says
Did you know the Taliban offered to hand over binLaden TWICE?
No. Have a solid proof of that?
What Happened: The volume of Chinese rare earth metals shipped to Europe on trains across Russia surged to 36,074 tons in just the first nine months of 2022, double the amount shipped on the route in the 12 months of 2021, Bloomberg reported on 22 January. Tungsten and Lanthanum comprise a large portion of the growing shipments, which are being shipped by rail because they can reach Germany more cheaply and weeks faster than it would take to ship them by sea, by which around 97% of China-EU goods trade volumes are shipped.
Why It Matters: Though rare earth elements are critical for a range of products from batteries to magnets and microchips, the massive increase in shipments appears in large part driven by European arms and ammunition producers ramping up production following the start of the war in Ukraine. As these rare earth shipments are ultimately being used to support weapons deliveries to the Ukrainian army, speculation will continue to grow that Moscow could block this transit route to disrupt European arms flows to Ukraine and make rare earth supplies from China to Europe more expensive. Moscow is unlikely, however, to disrupt the route because this would undermine Russia's reputation as a reliable transit country and significantly harm its relations with Beijing. Pressure meanwhile may grow on European buyers of Russian rare earths to preemptively switch to an alternative route bypassing Russia to avoid the vulnerability of this critical supply chain.
Source: RANE Worldview