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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Chris@Helli

5Mes

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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