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Re:The Ball and Supply Chain by redis_mlc on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:26AM (#27012787)
I can't think of any mineral that the US doesn't have (in the ground.)

However, some are no longer mined in the US, like tin, since 1993.

(For people unfamiliar with "rare earth minerals", they're not rare. But today their mining and processing is mostly done in China.)

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Re:The Ball and Supply Chain by remarkEon on Sunday May 02, 2021 @03:38AM (#27013099)
That isn't really the point, though. The US may have "all of the good minerals", but does it have enough? With the right purity and consistency? In areas where the minerals are extractable without major environmental implications?
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