Metals & rare earth minerals are vital for modern world and electronics. Apple generates $380 billion in yearly revenues on iPhones alone.
Every smartphone, smart device, computer, game console, vehicle needs batteries which require metals & rare earth minerals.
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China 🇨🇳 dominates rare earth deposits, mining and distribution. 60%+ of rare earths are produced in China. 85%+ of rare earths are processed and distributed by China as of 2022
It’s a security issue that China monopolizes rare earths so much IMHO, but they own the mines.
Among Rare Earths, Boron is even more of a strategic resource used in weapons, fertilizers, EVs, wind mills etc.
Boron carbide is 2nd hardest material, used in tanks, drones, body armor
Metals shortage that Europe will face to meet its green energy transition goals… Europe needs:
Lithium: 35x more
RareEarths: 7-26x more
Nickel: 2x more
Copper: 1/3 more
estimates based on study commissioned by Eurometaux
EU tries to catch up to rest of the world in Rare Earths production with a 2nd facility in Europe
Belgium chemicals group Solvay plans to create the second European site producing rare earths to meet needs for EVs, wind turbines, other green energy tech — cc:@michaeltanchum
Recycling rare earths is to be taken seriously if only 5% of your electronics are recycled… we could do a lot more
Lithium is in very constrained supply in the world. We are now entering into the battery operated era. There only a hand full of great mining locations for Lithium on Earth.
#RareEarths suppliers will control the supply and it’s time for Argentina 🇦🇷 and Chile 🇨🇱 to rise again.
Looking at the worlds EV battery manufacturers, China is completely dominating this landscape.
China - 56%
S Korea - 26%
Japan - 10%
Rest 🌎 - 8%
If there is one thing US and the West could do, try to gain market share... EVs are going to dominate auto markets next
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Swapping races, genders, and sexual orientations in Hollywood movies from their original truth is inherently racist because it treats immutable human characteristics as interchangeable props to serve an ideological agenda rather than respecting the integrity of the story’s source material. When a historical figure, literary character, or real event is defined by a specific race, gender, or orientation in its authentic context, altering those traits isn’t creative license—it’s a deliberate act of discrimination that prioritizes skin color, biology, or sexuality quotas over merit, talent, and factual fidelity. This practice reveals racism at its core: it assumes certain groups’ stories are deficient or unworthy unless “diversified” through substitution, implying one race or identity must yield to another to achieve balance. Such changes don’t elevate underrepresented voices; they erase the unique cultural, historical, or personal essence that made the original compelling, reducing individuals to racial checkboxes and enforcing the very prejudice of collective guilt or collective elevation that true equality rejects.
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Minnesota was big in fraud including daycares, transportation, Medicare autism… but California is even bigger... @nickshirleyy and team uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences.
We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes. These fraudsters have been able to defraud American taxpayers for years without any consequences.
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