To: tcrlaf
Why we ever gave China the edge on these rare earth metals, I’ll never know. Just plain stupid.
To: Sacajaweau
Clinton era campaign donations?
17 posted on
05/31/2019 2:45:18 PM PDT by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Sacajaweau
[Why we ever gave China the edge on these rare earth metals, I’ll never know. Just plain stupid.]
Their edge is no environmental restrictions for rare earths processing. The ores are not rare, but processing them in a way that doesn’t involve just dumping the waste in a landfill is more expensive than current prices for the minerals justify. And those prices are basically set by China, the low cost provider. It’s kind of a reverse OPEC situation. OPEC tries to set a really high price, whereas China sells at a really small premium to their already bottom of the barrel costs. We could ban Chinese rare earths, but American manufacturers would have to pay a premium, and that would affect the prices of the final products that those minerals are used to manufacture.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/aug/07/china-rare-earth-village-pollution
26 posted on
05/31/2019 3:13:36 PM PDT by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Sacajaweau
Why we ever gave China the edge on these rare earth metals, I’ll never know. Just plain stupid.
Bill Clinton needed the money for his reelection campaign so he closed the plants and the mines - one is now a park ...
31 posted on
05/31/2019 3:19:47 PM PDT by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Sacajaweau
Maybe the traitorous criminal Clintoon will clue you in...
52 posted on
05/31/2019 4:42:22 PM PDT by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Sacajaweau
Maybe the traitorous criminal Clintoon will clue you in...
53 posted on
05/31/2019 4:42:26 PM PDT by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Sacajaweau
Maybe the traitorous criminal Clintoons will clue you in...
54 posted on
05/31/2019 4:42:43 PM PDT by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Sacajaweau
Why we ever gave China the edge on these rare earth metals, I’ll never know. Some in congress and some in the environmental movement will do ANYTHING to harm America.
I wonder if DiFi's hubby made anything on the deal.
55 posted on
05/31/2019 4:57:51 PM PDT by
null and void
(The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
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