China bans export of key minerals to U.S. as trade row deepens

[Assembler]

China bans export of key minerals to U.S. as trade row deepens

Story by Haley Ott

"In principle, the export of gallium, germanium, antimony, and superhard materials to the United States shall not be permitted," the Chinese Commerce Ministry said in its directive.



https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...ade-row-deepens/ar-AA1vgyHp?ocid=BingNewsSerp

According to Reuters – China also produces around 60% of the world’s germanium, or 180 metric tons in 2022, and over 90% of the world’s gallium, about 606 tons last year, according to research firm Antaike.

China's major germanium and gallium producers

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chinas-major-germanium-gallium-producers-2023-07-07/

What are rare earth elements, and why are they important?

https://www.americangeosciences.org...are-earth-elements-and-why-are-they-important

 

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[Tesorodeoro]

“The US is currently 100% dependent on imported gallium, primarily from China.”

USGS will have to get off its hind quarters and identify where we have deposits on public lands and the gov. Will have to come up with a way to streamline regulation of mining.

 

[russau]

YEP !! I saw this coming ,as much of us have when our gubermint and the wacoenviromentalist's decided to stop the messy mining Op's out of the good ole U.S.A. to help clean up our environment and GIVE it to the communist country's !! how dumb was that !) and now mining certain minerals is considered to be a critical to our Nation ! and IS critical to our Nation's interest's / security ! And if I'm not mistaken , these critical mining Op's are a "hands off " situation to all that want to interfere with their daily work ..........to keep our Nation's ability to secure what We need to build our Defense machine's to keep them at bay ! Think about it for a min. ................... If we keep giving away our ability to mine these minerals in OUR OWN COUNTRY ,what are we going to do if / when war breaks out involving one of the county's that has the mineral We need to defend ourselves AND at what cost ! Today ,China is a prime example of the stupidity of this bad example of what We need to change !

 

[dowser]

I don't have these in with my other signals yet..

 

[Assembler]

I don't have these in with my other signals yet..

Will L-rods work?

 

[Assembler]

YEP !! I saw this coming ,as much of us have when our gubermint and the wacoenviromentalist's decided to stop the messy mining Op's out of the good ole U.S.A. to help clean up our environment and GIVE it to the communist country's !! how dumb was that !) and now mining certain minerals is considered to be a critical to our Nation ! and IS critical to our Nation's interest's / security ! And if I'm not mistaken , these critical mining Op's are a "hands off " situation to all that want to interfere with their daily work ..........to keep our Nation's ability to secure what We need to build our Defense machine's to keep them at bay ! Think about it for a min. ................... If we keep giving away our ability to mine these minerals in OUR OWN COUNTRY ,what are we going to do if / when war breaks out involving one of the county's that has the mineral We need to defend ourselves AND at what cost ! Today ,China is a prime example of the stupidity of this bad example of what We need to change !

Will China mine these elements for us here in the USA with little restrictions as they do in China?

 

[dowser]

Will L-rods work?

Yes, Ore is a very simple dowse!

 

[Assembler]

Yes, Ore is a very simple dowse!

Any stories about people dowsing?
Any tips?
Thanks.

 

[dowser]

Any stories about people dowsing?
Any tips?
Thanks.

I've dowsed many ore veins in Az.. Gold, Silver, and a Magnesium.. Triangulate the distant target. Transfer the lines on a map..
I would need to dowse the samples, extract the frequencies. Use electronics set on them, to enhance the distant signals.. I would like all rare earth Element frequencies, before I went.. Not just those 2

 

[Assembler]

I've dowsed many ore veins in Az.. Gold, Silver, and a Magnesium.. Triangulate the distant target. Transfer the lines on a map..
I would need to dowse the samples, extract the frequencies. Use electronics set on them, to enhance the distant signals.. I would like all rare earth Element frequencies, before I went.. Not just those 2

Interesting and thanks for your input.

 

[russau]

Dowser I tried to PM you but you have this option blocked ! Good Luck in your endeavor !

 

[dowser]

Dowser I tried to PM you but you have this option blocked ! Good Luck in your endeavor !

Not sure what's up. I message others, check now I changed some stuff..

 

[Crow]

“The US is currently 100% dependent on imported gallium, primarily from China.”

USGS will have to get off its hind quarters and identify where we have deposits on public lands and the gov. Will have to come up with a way to streamline regulation of mining.

No need Your Ally in Australia has those deposits. the mines are operational or virtually ready to go.

Yes, Australia has germanium deposits, and the government is supporting exploration for this critical mineral:

Location Germanium resources are found across Australia. Potential Australia has the potential for substantial resources of germanium, along with other elements like gallium, antimony, and indium.

By-product Germanium is usually a by-product of processing other minerals, such as lead and zinc. Importance Germanium is a crucial component in renewable technologies, such as solar cells and fiber optics. It's also used in batteries, wind turbines, and other clean energy technologies.

Government support The Australian government is supporting exploration for critical minerals like germanium. The government's plan is to grow the sector by increasing onshore processing to create high-wage jobs and to ensure a secure supply of minerals for trading partner

Gallium is a critical mineral found in Australia in several locations, including:

Smokebush Project, Western Australia: Terrain Minerals has discovered gallium in the Rabbit Warren and Paradise City prospects at this project.

Smoke brush project

Salazar rare earths project, Western Australia: West Cobar Metals has identified gallium in historic drilling results at this project.

Salazar rare earth project

Barkly project, Northern Territory: Transition Minerals announced the Territory's first gallium resource at this project.

Barkly project

Leliyn project, Northern Territory: Kingsland Minerals discovered gallium in drill intercepts at this project.

Leliyn project

Mons: Nimy Resources has discovered high-grade gallium at this location.

Nimby resources

Australia has 39.6 kilotonnes (kt) of antimony in its measured and indicated mineral resources. Here are some of the antimony deposits in Australia:

Hillgrove Australia's largest antimony deposit, with an estimated 39 kilotonnes of antimony in its reserves. The Hillgrove Gold-Antimony project has both open-pit and underground reserves.

high grove resources

Costerfield Australia's only antimony producer, located in Victoria. In 2019, Costerfield produced antimony as a by-product of gold.
Taylors Arm The Testers mine in the Taylors Arm project has stibnite veins that are up to 63% antimony grade.

Costerfeild Antimony gold deposit

Swallows Nest This mine extracted antimony from 1940 to 1955, with antimony grades ranging from 29.8% to 40%.

As part AUKUS this mineral can be supplied by Australia. So not a problem amigos.

Crow

 

[Tesorodeoro]

No need Your Ally in Australia has those deposits. the mines are operational or virtually ready to go.

Yes, Australia has germanium deposits, and the government is supporting exploration for this critical mineral:

Location Germanium resources are found across Australia. Potential Australia has the potential for substantial resources of germanium, along with other elements like gallium, antimony, and indium.

By-product Germanium is usually a by-product of processing other minerals, such as lead and zinc. Importance Germanium is a crucial component in renewable technologies, such as solar cells and fiber optics. It's also used in batteries, wind turbines, and other clean energy technologies.

Government support The Australian government is supporting exploration for critical minerals like germanium. The government's plan is to grow the sector by increasing onshore processing to create high-wage jobs and to ensure a secure supply of minerals for trading partner

Gallium is a critical mineral found in Australia in several locations, including:

Smokebush Project, Western Australia: Terrain Minerals has discovered gallium in the Rabbit Warren and Paradise City prospects at this project.

Smoke brush project

Salazar rare earths project, Western Australia: West Cobar Metals has identified gallium in historic drilling results at this project.

Salazar rare earth project

Barkly project, Northern Territory: Transition Minerals announced the Territory's first gallium resource at this project.

Barkly project

Leliyn project, Northern Territory: Kingsland Minerals discovered gallium in drill intercepts at this project.

Leliyn project

Mons: Nimy Resources has discovered high-grade gallium at this location.

Nimby resources

Australia has 39.6 kilotonnes (kt) of antimony in its measured and indicated mineral resources. Here are some of the antimony deposits in Australia:

Hillgrove Australia's largest antimony deposit, with an estimated 39 kilotonnes of antimony in its reserves. The Hillgrove Gold-Antimony project has both open-pit and underground reserves.

high grove resources

Costerfield Australia's only antimony producer, located in Victoria. In 2019, Costerfield produced antimony as a by-product of gold.
Taylors Arm The Testers mine in the Taylors Arm project has stibnite veins that are up to 63% antimony grade.

Costerfeild Antimony gold deposit

Swallows Nest This mine extracted antimony from 1940 to 1955, with antimony grades ranging from 29.8% to 40%.

As part AUKUS this mineral can be supplied by Australia. So not a problem amigos.

Crow

So why does the US support China over AUS? That’s a question I ask myself. Mexico likely has untapped mineral deposits.

One answer might be control via trade. If your economy is primarily dependent on trade with a particular country, maybe there are strings to be pulled? I don’t know.

 

[Assembler]

So why does the US support China over AUS? That’s a question I ask myself. Mexico likely has untapped mineral deposits.

One answer might be control via trade. If your economy is primarily dependent on trade with a particular country, maybe there are strings to be pulled? I don’t know.

In 2000 pushed Congress to approve the U.S.-China trade agreement and China's accession to the WTO, saying that more trade with China would advance America's economic interests: "Economically, this agreement is the equivalent of a one-way street.

 

[Crow]

So why does the US support China over AUS? That’s a question I ask myself. Mexico likely has untapped mineral deposits.

One answer might be control via trade. If your economy is primarily dependent on trade with a particular country, maybe there are strings to be pulled? I don’t know.

So why does the US support China over AUS?

Good question it comes down to two things.

There is a myth that green technology is clean. Rare earth minerals is extremely toxic to process. For America or Australia it is extremely expensive to process the ore because in the free world we have comply with occupational health and safety laws, Environmental protection and high labor coasts.

China does not give a crap about environment and the health of its workers. and they work for equivalent of 2 dollars and hour and work 6 days a week. This is cheaper much much cheaper for China to process rare earth metals.

Rare earth mineral processing can be very toxic, with serious health and environmental impacts: Mining rare earth elements (REEs) produces large amounts of toxic waste, including: Dust: Nearly 30 pounds per ton of rare earth produced

Waste gas: 9,600–12,000 cubic meters per ton of rare earth produced, containing substances like hydrofluoric acid and sulfur dioxide Wastewater: 75 cubic meters per ton of rare earth produced Radioactive residue: One ton per ton of rare earth produced

Processing Processing REEs requires chemicals and acids that can be toxic and hazardous if not handled properly. Disposal
The disposal of used chemicals and waste from REM processing can create hazardous waste sites. Environmental impacts
Mining and processing REEs can: Damage surface vegetation
Cause soil erosion Pollute the environment Acidify the environment Reduce or eliminate food crop output

Health impacts Workers in the REE mining and processing industry can be exposed to hazardous substances through ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. Surrounding residents can also be exposed to REE dust and higher levels of REEs in food and water

So it was convenient in the free world to buy rare earth metals from China because it is cheaper than we can process it and not have deal with health and environment impacts.

So if Australia, Europe or USA process their own rare earth minerals the cost of meeting safety standards and environmental standards and award wages would drive the cost of electronic consumer items many times of what we pay now for iphones smartphone and electrics. electric cars anything that uses batteries.

Ironic to think with all the keyboard warriors on the environment and those driving smug with electric cars with their smart phones, promoting wind turbines and solar cells thinking they are saving the planet. They are not.

Since now we are looking to move away from China this is why we have rampant inflation in the cost of living in the developed world.

The Darkside of renewable energy

Crow

 

[Tesorodeoro]

So why does the US support China over AUS?

Good question it comes down to two things.

There is a myth that green technology is clean. Rare earth minerals is extremely toxic to process. For America or Australia it is extremely expensive to process the ore because in the free world we have comply with occupational health and safety laws, Environmental protection and high labor coasts.

China does not give a crap about environment and the health of its workers. and they work for equivalent of 2 dollars and hour and work 6 days a week. This is cheaper much much cheaper for China to process rare earth metals.

Rare earth mineral processing can be very toxic, with serious health and environmental impacts: Mining rare earth elements (REEs) produces large amounts of toxic waste, including: Dust: Nearly 30 pounds per ton of rare earth produced

Waste gas: 9,600–12,000 cubic meters per ton of rare earth produced, containing substances like hydrofluoric acid and sulfur dioxide Wastewater: 75 cubic meters per ton of rare earth produced Radioactive residue: One ton per ton of rare earth produced

Processing Processing REEs requires chemicals and acids that can be toxic and hazardous if not handled properly. Disposal
The disposal of used chemicals and waste from REM processing can create hazardous waste sites. Environmental impacts
Mining and processing REEs can: Damage surface vegetation
Cause soil erosion Pollute the environment Acidify the environment Reduce or eliminate food crop output

Health impacts Workers in the REE mining and processing industry can be exposed to hazardous substances through ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. Surrounding residents can also be exposed to REE dust and higher levels of REEs in food and water

So it was convenient in the free world to buy rare earth metals from China because it is cheaper than we can process it and not have deal with health and environment impacts.

So if Australia, Europe or USA process their own rare earth minerals the cost of meeting safety standards and environmental standards and award wages would drive the cost of electronic consumer items many times of what we pay now for iphones smartphone and electrics. electric cars anything that uses batteries.

Ironic to think with all the keyboard warriors on the environment and those driving smug with electric cars with their smart phones, promoting wind turbines and solar cells thinking they are saving the planet. They are not.

Since now we are looking to move away from China this is why we have rampant inflation in the cost of living in the developed world.

The Darkside of renewable energy

Crow

Well thought out response.

I was going to say it was because it was cheap and that we didn’t have to see the cost.

I agree completely that the big lie is that “Green Energy” is clean.

If one was to actually look at the cradle to grave “carbon footprint” of these various technologies, they might not be so popular.

 

[russau]

I agree with your assessment's on this BUT we let China have the "lead" on these minerals only we shot ourselves in the foot by doing so ! China has no regards to the environment or Her people's welfare ! We , on the other hand have tried to "clean up our act " by presenting our own mining laws for the sake of the environment and the right thing to do ! PLUS these minerals are of a National security ESSENTIAL mineral ! Some of these minerals are vital to our National defense and without our controlling these minerals we put ourselves in a awkward position to be able to defend ourselves against being held captive by another Country with their holding back the essential minerals we need and gave away due to the environmental laws that we establish as we see a problem present itself. We must continue to police ourselves to do our part even though these other County's FAIL to do this !In the mean time We pay the price for our doing the right thing we the environment ! Nuff of the flag waving !

 

[ARC]

I refuse to buy Chinese Rum.

 

[Crow]

I refuse to buy Chinese Rum.

I would so too It properly is counterfeit booze made with Methanol Consuming methanol can have deadly impacts on the human body, and the risk of methanol poisoning has been a big concern across South-East Asia for the past decade.

Methanol is a clear liquid chemical used in thousands of everyday products, including plastics, paints, cosmetics, and fuels.
It's often deliberately and illegally added to alcoholic beverages as a cheaper alternative to ethanol. Drinking less than 25 ml of methanol can be fatal.

Baijiu is a type of Chinese traditional distilled liquor and regarded as one of the most famous distilled liquors in the world, together with brandy, gin, rum, vodka, and whiskey. As a product, Yet the system over there is so corrupt I do not trust the distilling process over there.

Crow