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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They are called rare Earth elements, but they are not really rare. They are just not well distributed. There should be renamed to Mostly in China elements.

For example magnesite is a rare earth element, yet it's so abundantly available it's often sold as a cheap toy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That is after decades of outsourcing health risks to other underdeveloped nations. Now Canadian will have a taste of their own capitalism.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago

Canada is too regulated to anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

May I take yours Canada?

[–] Typotyper 0 points 1 week ago

Does that mean China will buy everything and only hire foreign workers.