It will be Africa where China has already been investing to ensure they get access to those same minerals. They've been playing poker while the US is still playing Marco Polo.

It won't be in the US though. It'll be somewhere with super cheap labor and no regulations or environmental protections.

Just wait; Trump's "policies" will ensure the US meets both those criteria.

We‘ll see who folds first, the global export halt is to stop leakage via third countries, thus the question is: can the US set up a parallel mining industry before the stockpiles run out.

lol that wasn't why it was in China in the first place, as Tim Cook explains here https://peertube.mesnumeriques.fr/w/ek3Q1mdFUMEBMxhT46Qrev

They already mine rare earths in America and Australia, it's just production's slow because there's not much demand for gourmet rare earths.

China holds the majority of the world's epic, mythical and legendary earth loot boxes