China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry - FT

China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry - FT

#China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry - FThttps://t.co/6vsP8k1fuU
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 16, 2021

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China is exploring whether it can hurt US defence contractors by limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of $LMT F-35 fighter jets and other sophisticated weaponry, according to sources. https://t.co/kazfLP8xxO
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Feb 16, 2021 2:02am

Now USA will accelerate the moon landing projects. The moon and in particular Mars will provide rare earths to everyone who has the technology to travel to these locations.
The era of the “rare moons” and the “rare marses”

kingleeny

Feb 16, 2021 2:24am

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Quoting aquavox

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any sensible country in this current world will resource bank ,whether it is rare earths, iron ore , coal , gold, commodity resources or the spectrum of rare metals. Its Self Preservation 101 (and not to mention the ability to be self sufficient in food) Just guess which country has been doing that for the last decade ?

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yes every country should have a national ration or resource bank agreed. but really? we had this topic like 10 years ago when all these stocks went to the moon and they all became bankrupt. they could keep all the rare earth they want. what they going to do with a stock pile of rare earth. they need a buyer for that. they just want to flood the market with everything on the cheap. thats china economics 101

kingleeny

Feb 16, 2021 1:07am

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good luck. now only if usa curbs pork imports to china. i wonder if that would have a huge impact

itsonlyme

Feb 16, 2021 4:41am

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They are simply produced in China as its cheaper, plenty of deposits outside China that can be mined if the price rises. Doubt a doubling in price would move the needle much on a F35. However the story is another example of the route the Chinese communist party are taking but ultimatly China cannot feed itself, they have no fix for this and as the population demand more meat the deficit is rising

fxsport

Feb 16, 2021 7:45am

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Now USA will accelerate the moon landing projects. The moon and in particular Mars will provide rare earths to everyone who has the technology to travel to these locations. The era of the “rare moons” and the “rare marses”

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This is actually a good idea - assuming those rare elements are on those targets.

RossEdwards

Feb 16, 2021 3:21am — Edited

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So the US is going to solve this problem by accelerating commercial space industry to prospect, mine, extract and refine Rare Earth elements from the moon and mars?
I bet that creates panic in Beijing.. Never thought of that? did they.. HaHa,
Pork?? Nah.. internationally traded commodity.. 2/3 world exports coming out of Europe.
Maybe should cut off their Coca cola supply.

kingleeny

Feb 16, 2021 2:22am

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Now USA will accelerate the moon landing projects. The moon and in particular Mars will provide rare earths to everyone who has the technology to travel to these locations. The era of the “rare moons” and the “rare marses”

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i love it!

aquavox

Feb 16, 2021 3:21am

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when a country resource banks bankruptcy is meaningless! the wealth is still in the ground.
Banking 101 - hold the money until someone comes begging for it
(which will be needed to finance the uber mega cost of luna / martian 'extraction')

Bakker

Feb 16, 2021 8:08am

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Canada and Australia also have rare earth, maybe China's is the cheapest as with all stuff. Watch out that F35's not going down one after the other at some time due to cheap rare earth.

Bakker

Feb 16, 2021 8:11am

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Look at the photo, what a primitive setup. One of Xi's store rooms in his backyard.

harcos

Feb 16, 2021 8:55am — Edited

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So the US is going to solve this problem by accelerating commercial space industry to prospect, mine, extract and refine Rare Earth elements from the moon and mars? I bet that creates panic in Beijing.. Never thought of that? did they.. HaHa, Pork?? Nah.. internationally traded commodity.. 2/3 world exports coming out of Europe. Maybe should cut off their Coca cola supply.

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This is on their "been there done that" tee shirt

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/s...ide-explained/

fxsport

Feb 16, 2021 10:11am

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Please spell the headlines correctly

Defense not Defence

Feb 16, 2021 4:41am

Owned again.

Feb 16, 2021 1:29am

any sensible country in this current world will resource bank ,whether it is rare earths, iron ore , coal , gold, commodity resources or the spectrum of rare metals.
Its Self Preservation 101 (and not to mention the ability to be self sufficient in food)
Just guess which country has been doing that for the last decade ?

Maxthetrader

Feb 16, 2021 11:27am

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Rare earth minerals are not rare. They're everywhere. Wont take much to make the chinese crooks irrelevant.

gat

Feb 16, 2021 7:03am

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China has bought up a lot of known rare earth deposits. No one should think they are the dumb ones.

LloydOz

Feb 16, 2021 11:41am

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Canada and Australia also have rare earth, maybe China's is the cheapest as with all stuff. .

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Yeah, American dudes will have some really serious sucking up ahead of them to their fair weather friends.

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