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Japan just found a ‘semi-infinite’ deposit of rare-earth minerals — and it could be (trunc)
Business Insider ^
| April 13, 2018
| Jeremy Berke
Posted on 04/15/2018 8:39:19 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
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Interestinger and interestinger.
To: grey_whiskers
Are these the things China has been holding over our heads?
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posted on
04/15/2018 8:40:38 PM PDT
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: grey_whiskers
Elements are quite the macro quantum creatures.
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posted on
04/15/2018 8:42:33 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: grey_whiskers
Good it’s off the Japanese coast and not Chinese coast.
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posted on
04/15/2018 8:42:59 PM PDT
by
heshtesh
To: Fido969
Are these the things China has been holding over our heads?
YEP.
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posted on
04/15/2018 8:43:33 PM PDT
by
heshtesh
To: grey_whiskers
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
“Black Elk Falls Nebraska....Only niobium source in the US.”
Amazing that the Obama’s and the Clintons did not sell a percentage to the Russians.
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Elk Creek is about 50 miles east of me, we haven’t heard much about this for a while.
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posted on
04/15/2018 8:51:57 PM PDT
by
Husker24
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Mountain Pass, California, on I-15 just south of the Nevada
state line has a VERY large deposit. The mine and mineral production facilities were closed a couple of years ago do to China undercutting them on the price. (Everything is in place to restart.)
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posted on
04/15/2018 8:52:59 PM PDT
by
TaMoDee
(Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2018!)
To: grey_whiskers
Booom! That’s a game changer!
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posted on
04/15/2018 8:57:29 PM PDT
by
Billyv
( Ephesians 6:11 for we battle not against flesh and blood...Pray for our leaders and nation!)
To: TaMoDee
The mine is supposed to be reopened under new ownership. Unfortunately the new owners are Chinese-led MP Mine Operations LLC.
To: grey_whiskers
16 million tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.
To: chrisinoc
Thanks for the current info. I missed that in the news -— if it was in the news.
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posted on
04/15/2018 9:19:39 PM PDT
by
TaMoDee
(Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2018!)
To: grey_whiskers
Between US oil production, Japanese rare metals, plus the technical capabilities of both countries, you have a winning combination.
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posted on
04/15/2018 9:27:55 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: grey_whiskers
How the hell did they find these at the bottom of the ocean 1150 miles from shore?
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posted on
04/15/2018 9:30:24 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: PGR88
How the hell did they find these at the bottom of the ocean 1150 miles from shore? Maybe a pearl diver got lost...?
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posted on
04/15/2018 9:31:07 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Verginius Rufus
I owe my soul to the company store.
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posted on
04/15/2018 9:35:47 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
04/15/2018 9:37:04 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
04/15/2018 9:51:49 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: Disambiguator
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posted on
04/15/2018 9:54:41 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
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