[ladyvet]

I think that we'll be better off in the long run by sitting on our supply and using up the Russian and South African deposits first. Then when those begin to peter out, we'll still have plenty of our own left.

We're a mining family that know some of the miners there that this will be affecting. I'm sure this type of reasoning is making them feel better while packing up the household again.

[Willie Green]

We're a mining family that know some of the miners there that this will be affecting. I'm sure this type of reasoning is making them feel better while packing up the household again.

Been there, done that myself.
My family connections are through the coal/steel industries and manufacturing tungsten carbide drills and cutting tools for the mining industry. I genuinely sympathize with the families affected and hope for an improved climate for the industry in general (not likely with the enviro-marxists in control.) But looking at the long term strategic value of these specific minerals, I also have to speak my mind when our national interest is at stake.

Look on the bright side... nobody ever listens to me anyway!