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Quad looks to Australia for rare earth elements usually supplied by China – NEWS.com.au
Quad looks to Australia for rare earth elements usually supplied by China
The smart in your phone. The combat in our fighters. The power in our batteries. Beijing controls them all. But Australias about to challenge that monopoly.Rare earths are 17 different minerals indispensable for the production of smartphones, electric cars, military sensors and communications systems – and just about any advanced technology you can think of.
China overwhelmingly produces the bulk of the world’s supply.
And Beijing has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to use that monopoly…
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