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Interesting article appearing in ARMY AL&T magazine, authored by RP member, CPT (Join to see)!
"Rare-earth elements have become the new oil, playing a major role in the technological advancements made in the last 50 years."
"In the past 20 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, China has emerged as the biggest player, controlling approximately 90 percent of the world’s rare earth either through territorial control or exclusive mining rights."
What the United States is doing to mitigate supply and demand issues.
"Rare-earth elements have become the new oil, playing a major role in the technological advancements made in the last 50 years."
"In the past 20 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, China has emerged as the biggest player, controlling approximately 90 percent of the world’s rare earth either through territorial control or exclusive mining rights."
What the United States is doing to mitigate supply and demand issues.
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Thanks for sharing this. I've seen a couple of articles on rare-earth elements and this one is the best summary of where we stand and how we got there. Lack of foresight and subcoming to profit driven motivation certainly did no favors for the US in this area. Hopefully this is a hole we can dig ourselves out of.
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I follow...it's an interesting toojc, certainly, I can obv perceive the rationale behind the topic, clearly....
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Thank you, my friend LTC Stephen C. for alerting us to the ARMY AL&T magazine authored by CPT (Join to see)
When we were much younger Titanium was bandied about as a wonder metal - lightweight, strong, etc. The fact that it the supply was limited in mining to southern Africa in those days was interesting. Of course South Africa and Rhodesia were relatively stable and friendly to USA then :-)
Alliances shift, governments change hands, technology improves as time marches on.
I am not all surprised that the USA [not to mention China and Russia, India, Israel, Japan, etc.] have taken steps to "mitigate supply and demand issues."
When we were much younger Titanium was bandied about as a wonder metal - lightweight, strong, etc. The fact that it the supply was limited in mining to southern Africa in those days was interesting. Of course South Africa and Rhodesia were relatively stable and friendly to USA then :-)
Alliances shift, governments change hands, technology improves as time marches on.
I am not all surprised that the USA [not to mention China and Russia, India, Israel, Japan, etc.] have taken steps to "mitigate supply and demand issues."
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