Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
The sheer extent of China’s control over the so-called heavy rare earths such as gadolinium and terbium is staggering. The U.S. produces some light rare earths at the Mountain Pass mine in California. But Trump slapped major tariffs on Vietnam, the one country with at least some market share over each rare earth China dominates.
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Chris Biele
@nfthinker
Is this down to location of natural deposits or just a matter of mining? Would be interesting to see data on other known rare earth deposits around the world
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