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New: China's Rare Earth Monopoly Defeated
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Posted By: rememberwhen, 9/22/2025 12:47:02 PM

I'm fond of saying that we solve today's problems with tomorrow's technology. Now, we have a brilliant example of just that, and better still, this piece of tomorrow's technology that is under development today is not only a great discovery, it's a thumb in the eye of one of America's major geopolitical rivals - China. That's an unalloyed good thing.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 9/22/2025 12:56:38 PM (No. 2007407)
Uh---is is just me or does "Professor Jin-Ping" sound like a solid American to you? Sounds like another Chinese guy working here. And so many of these folks take their developments back China with them. Hope this isn't the case, but I would be more comfortable with the title's "American Ingenuity" if the discovery was made by someone named "John Smith" or "Betty McDonald".
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Reply 2 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 9/22/2025 1:39:25 PM (No. 2007421)
The reason that Americans is so inventive, even if they immigrants, is that they have the freedom to enquire and get rewarded for their hard work. Remember that Einstein was a German born to Jewish parents that became an American citizen when Hitler came to power. His contributions helped to build American strength and technical prowess. Other countries try to win through political and business maneuvering. Americans do it through innovation, finding alternatives that are often cheaper and better. China is going to be left holding the bag of rare earths that no one wants at the prices China is charging. Much of China's success in the last few decades has been gained by stealing technology. They would provide cheap labor, build things, and steal the technology. Then they would sell their own versions of things without paying royalties. That pipeline is drying up because American companies know working with the Chinese is a trap. Better to manufacture in the US and keep your business.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: rikkitikki 9/22/2025 2:06:26 PM (No. 2007431)
On a related note, Exxon is beginning to mine lithium in southern Arkansas, by producing formation water from the Smackover formation, at depths ranging from 10,000 to 12,000'. Those lithium reserves could be equal to all of the other known lithium deposits in terms of reserves. And no slave labor is involved!
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