China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech - CleanTechnica
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In response to new Trump tariffs, China cut dysprosium, terbium, and tungsten exports—hitting U.S. EVs, wind, and military systems hard.
  • mrmuleEnglish
    11•17 hours ago

    If you’ve been to Greenland it you’ll realize how inaccessible these mineral deposits are. And with no roads connecting towns it becomes a logistical nightmare. Oh and the place is covered in thick ice and snow for 10 months of the year. There have been mining companies dying there for the last 50 years, 1. Because of legislation and 2 because it’s virtually impossible to mine.

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍English
      0•8 hours ago

      Oh. That’s why China was fighting so hard to buy the Tanbreez site during the last administration and why the US had to exert soft power on 4 different countries to buy it out from under them.

    • @mke@programming.devEnglish
      4•13 hours ago

      I’ve seen jokes(?) that they’re aiming high, as in, aiming for high global temperatures to handle the ice. Stupidity wouldn’t describe it, it’d be insanity… But isn’t that what this administration is all about?