▲ 66 ▼ Japan months away from running out of yttrium as China cuts exports 98% (theoregongroup.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Doesn't Brazil have the most after China? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* https://rare-earth-mining.com/top-10-rare-earth-reserves-by-country/ If this is accurate, then yes, you are evidently correct, and I did not know that. So thanks for spurring me to look into it! If I'm understanding this right, Canada likely has more than Brazil overall, but Brazil's are proven, located, and extraction is more mature, whereas Canada's are still in the exploration phase, thus are not yet proven. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 point 1 week ago That's why the US wanted Bolsonaro in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* https://rare-earth-mining.com/top-10-rare-earth-reserves-by-country/ If this is accurate, then yes, you are evidently correct, and I did not know that. So thanks for spurring me to look into it! If I'm understanding this right, Canada likely has more than Brazil overall, but Brazil's are proven, located, and extraction is more mature, whereas Canada's are still in the exploration phase, thus are not yet proven. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 point 1 week ago That's why the US wanted Bolsonaro in. permalink fedilink source parent