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Originally Posted by ArchmageXin
Do you know why Rare earth are "RARE?"
BECAUSE THEY ARE TOXIC AS HELL TO MINE.
There are huge reserves of those kind of stuff all over the planet, USA included. China, ignorant of the real dangers, in the 90s sold this stuff really cheap. It screwed the American miners yes, but also spared the American public from dangerous toxic by products. Now days, China want to raise the price and lower production, because they realize this stuff is dangerous.
Solution? Western gov can cancel their version of the EPA and start mining again. Easy...as long as you want to take care of the environmental hazards too.
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You want us to believe that suddenly that China's communist party have had an epiphany and become tree huggers? Get real, they want to use this as short term political and economical advantage since they know closed mines will reopen all over the world. Look at the rest of the world talking about taking baby steps in anything relation to better the environment and you want us to believe China has moved decisively in that direction? Please do enlighten me in how China is taking the lead in reducing their carbon emissions and is cleaning their polluted landscape.