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0 pointsremarkEon4y ago0 comments

Minerals aren't evenly distributed on planet earth.

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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.)

remarkEonOP4y ago

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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