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An analysis of rare earth-rich mud retrieved from ⁠the deep seabed off a remote Pacific Island earlier this year found medium and heavy rare earth elements accounted for about 54% of the total rare earth content. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/25/economy/japan-rare-earths-mud-minamitorishima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #minamitorishima #rareearths #minerals #mining #economicsecurity #china #oceans

A solid-state "atomic channel" for separating rare earth elements https://pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/cleaner-route-purifying-rare-earth-elements #HackerNews #Tech #RareEarths

🟢 Diplomacy | 5/10 🇲🇾 🇺🇸 Malaysian lawmakers to hold hearing on Lynas-U.S. rare earths deal Malaysian parliament launches hearing on the rare earths deal between Lynas and the United States. #OSINT #NewsGroup #RareEarths #Malaysia #US #SupplyChain

More days, more corruption. 1 of 10🧵 (This is quite an article. Screenshots follow!) #USA #USpol #trump #corruption #business #investment #Kazakhstan #RareEarths #mining #tungsten

Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit ~ The sons of both the current US president and the commerce secretary are doing business with partners in a deal that their fathers negotiated, "continuing a pattern of self-enrichment in the second Trump administration that has few precedents in American history." 👀 2 of 10🧵 (article screenshots follow) #USA #USpol #trump #corruption #business #investment #Kazakhstan #RareEarths #mining #tungsten --- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/world/europe/trump-lutnick-sons-kazakhstan.html

Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar #Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit ~ ~ "With its exceptional hardness, density and high melting point, #tungsten (is)... the 'war metal,' w/ key uses in munitions, aviation & weapons." 👀 The USSR's collapse "interrupted its plans for new mines in #Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic." And the last #USA mine stopped production ~10 yrs ago. 5 of 10🧵 (screenshots continue) #USpol #corruption #trump #lutnick #RareEarths #war #weapons #weaponry #aviation #munitions

"The U.S. desperately needs tungsten for the production of missile warheads, fighter jets, computer chips and other critical goods." 👀 Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit ~ 6 of 10🧵 (screenshots continue) #USA #US #USpol #corruption #trump #lutnick #business #investment #Kazakhstan #RareEarths #mining #tungsten --- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/world/europe/trump-lutnick-sons-kazakhstan.html