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submitted 2 months ago by fort_burp@feddit.nl to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

Spoiler: it was American private equity, as usual.

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[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago

Uh, no. It’s because the US doesn’t physically have these types of rare earths but China does.

[-] Darkaga@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

This is incorrect, the US has large deposits of Rare Earth metals, such as the Mountain Pass mine in California.

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Rare earths are basically everywhere. In terms of the largest supplies of rare earth metals there are other countries like Brazil (now an enemy) and India (now an enemy) and Vietnam (now an enemy) and Australia ( ... ) and the US (now an enemy).

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