Shut down mine of Molycorp, near Mojave, Calif.
Shut down mine of Molycorp, near Mojave, Calif.
Any material, like steel and rare earths that are required for national security should be domestically manufactured.
Mine in Mojave Desert May Hold Key to Beating China in the Race for Raw Materials (VIDEO)
Fox News ^ | April 6, 2011 | Adam Housely
Posted on 4/6/2011, 2:22:52 PM by jazusamo
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2700666/posts
Free trade with a communist country is like the Soviet Constitution .. it says you have freedom of speech, but you really don’t have it
“Free trade would lead to a prosperous, freer China, the thinking went”
Leading to the point that all the Fwee Twade kiddies miss: the trade agreements with China have been about politics, not economics. They were intended to reduce tensions with the major remaining Communist country on Earth, and only marginally provide any real free trade benefits - what were they gonna buy from us without any money in the first place?!
Another perspective:
China’s Supply of Minerals for iPhones and Missiles Could Be a Risky Trade Weapon
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/business/china-us-trade-war-rare-earths.html
Also:
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/us-military-bans-imports-of-rare-earth-materi-610071.html
Selling our land, businesses and technologies to the. ChiComs is very bad JuJu.
Located in Elk Creek Nebraska. (SE Nebraska.) Some of the same officers that operated Molycorp are involved with this mine development.
Niobium, Scandium, Titanium. There will probably be other REEs that will be located or can be refined from the tailings. Notable is that none of these three REEs are mined by the Chinese, so they cannot flood the market like they did with Molycorp.
REEMF Recently partnered with Synchron general atomics the only American owned domestic rare earth supply was $15 in 2011 might be a big deal. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/1576085150-us-military-to-sponsor-rare-metals-plant-to-offset-dependence-on-china-report PHUN 1.34 52wk high of $100+ insiders buying .. contracted to run TRUMP presidential campaign .. .. viva L.V. !