Maps shows US’ critical minerals as China battle heats up

Elsa Olivetti speaks with Newsweek about the United States' reliance on China for its rare earth mineral supply.
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Amid intensifying U.S.–China trade tensions, Elsa Olivetti speaks with Newsweek’s Jasmine Laws about America’s continued dependence on China for processing rare-earth elements. Despite sizable U.S. deposits, China controls about 90 percent of global production. “For the majority of these elements, the constraint is not geological scarcity, but rather a lack of processing and manufacturing capacity or know-how,” Olivetti says.

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