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America has a tungsten problem (www.noleary.com)
submitted 4 days ago by Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol to c/world@quokk.au
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Why does China produce >80% of the world's tungsten?

Why has there been zero domestic tungsten mining in the United States?

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[–] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

... the largest producers: China, Vietnam, Russia and North-Korea. Not very dependable salesman.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

China and Vietnam are plenty dependable and did you know America used to secretly acquire titanium from Russia during the Cold War?

It’s pretty hard to stop globalism

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/in-1960s-russia-sold-titanium-to-the-us-believing-they-needed-it-for-pizza-ovens-but-instead-they-used-it-to-build-the-sr-71-blackbird-mach-3-spy-plane/