Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.

  • metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    22 days ago

    The fact they where supplying foreign militaries in the first place is hilarious.

    as far as magnets are concerned there are better designs out there that are not being pursued because neodymium is so much easier.

    So much of the modern world is built on what is easiest not what could be better if we put in the least little bit of effort.

  • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org
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    22 days ago

    From what I understand, China’s exports of rare earths have been largely a part of finished components and that’s not been suspended.

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      21 days ago

      Work in an industry that uses raw RE oxides to produce medical equipment.

      We are fucking toast if these tariffs and restrictions are kept.

      You literally can’t get some of these REs anywhere else in the world as in the natural abundance is literally only in china.

      What you said is correct I imagine but some of the REs are utilized in a raw format in us based plants.