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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the rare eartths are the elephant in the room. Even under the most aggressive diversification scenarios China is projected to have 80% of the global refining capacity into 2040. I did a deep dive into the whole thing a little while back https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/the-bifurcated-market

[–] darkernations@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Looks like an interesting read! Thanks for taking the time to write it up