NinjaZ@infosec.pub to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoChina has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defensefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1436arrow-down1external-linkChina has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defensefortune.comNinjaZ@infosec.pub to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareboreengreen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·3 days agoI heard Ukraine has some. Europe has someone to buy it from then, after they freed them from Russian invaders. Which they should be doing anyways.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 days agoThing is, they truly don’t really have that much. The US has more and it’s not actually rare, it just was at the time when it was discovered. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element
minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoThe US is trying to claim ownership of the Ukrainian stock as a condition of peace with Russia.
I heard Ukraine has some. Europe has someone to buy it from then, after they freed them from Russian invaders. Which they should be doing anyways.
Thing is, they truly don’t really have that much. The US has more and it’s not actually rare, it just was at the time when it was discovered.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element
The US is trying to claim ownership of the Ukrainian stock as a condition of peace with Russia.
Now they’ll just invade as well.