2Mo·

the battle for rare earths begins!"

Trump and Australia have signed a billion-euro agreement on rare earths.

The aim is to reduce dependence on China, which currently controls over 80% of these raw materials.

These metals are the fuel of the future - without them, no AI, no electric car, no chip will work.

The West now wants to mine and process them itself - the battle for raw materials has begun.

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10 Commentaires

Chris@Helli

2Mo

The irony of the matter is that rare earths are not rare. If you accept the associated environmental pollution, it's all possible here. Apart from the know-how to process the stuff ... so I'm actually relatively relaxed about it. The real battle will eventually be fought over (drinking/ground) water and sand (as stupid as it sounds) ... I'm more worried about that.

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Chris@Multibagger

2Mo

@Helli The second problem, apart from the environment, is that extraction and, above all, further processing are very complex and expensive and therefore it is not feasible to extract it here at the current prices. This is why there will be fixed purchase agreements with higher prices, as is already the case at $MP.

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Chris@Helli

2Mo

@Multibagger absolutely correct :-)

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Staatsmann@Staatsmann

2Mo

@Helli Why sand?
For building materials or what do you mean?

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Chris@Helli

2Mo

@Staatsmann exactly that. Simply put, most sand cannot be used for this purpose. For example, desert sand is absolutely unsuitable, as the sand grain is rounded and the countries located there have to import construction sand. There are some exciting documentaries/reports on YouTube about this. Keyword: sand crisis. The whole thing makes sand an extremely important raw material, which will probably affect us in the future...

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Staatsmann@Staatsmann

2Mo

@Helli Very interesting. Something I didn't have on my radar at all!

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Energievermittler@Energievermittler

2Mo

@Helli The cosmetics industry in turn relies on desert sand, as it is particularly fine for powders etc. There are also documentaries about it, very interesting.

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Chris@Helli

2Mo

@Energievermittler okay, I didn't know that yet. Thank you :D !

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Stefan@Da_Fischi

2Mo

@Helli Sand (but as you rightly mentioned, not desert sand) is mainly needed for concrete and is stolen from riverbeds in many countries. This causes a lot of damage and seems to be a very lucrative business for criminal organizations such as the mafia.

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Christian@Gebsen79

2Mo

@Helli is actually correct. France is even fighting a massive battle against organized sand thieves who dig up beaches in night and fog operations, because the sand there is ideal for building.

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