The race to secure critical minerals sources and refining capacity will make or break the U.S., which must partner with Australia.
The dominance by communist China of the rare-earth minerals markets is a serious national security challenge for the United States.
National security requires insourcing of mining, refining, and all other handling of minerals, and abandoning imports when possible.
Two former military leaders call for a critical minerals strategy for America, so we can continue making our own stuff.
Communist China slapped an embargo on strategic minerals, including rare earths - and Trump responded, correctly, with tariffs.
America opened its first new rare earth mine in decades, but political and even practical problems remain for mining at scale.
The Chinese refuse to export military-use minerals to the United States - so the Trump administration should use the Defense Production Act.
China imposed a mineral export ban to hoard minerals with military uses. The United States must work now to secure other sources.
Governments, in addition to raising mineral demand, have also affected mineral supply, moving it up or down.
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