Metals - Supply

23-3-13 Xina Trying to Dominate in South America - Caspian > .

23-9-30 US vs Xina in Race to Secure Lithium | WSJ > .

22-7-29 Industry profitability collapses by 70%! Xina's RE crisis ↳ steel mills > .

22-8-3 We need to pay close attention to XiXiP activities - CR > .

> Canada's Security >>  

24-5-7 America's Nuclear Supply Chain (Ditching Russian Uranium) || PZ > .

24-4-20 Canadian Defense Spending is a Joke | Solutions? - Waro > .

> Decoupling >>

24-3-20 What a Deglobalized Economy Will Look Like - M&M > .

23-9-16 Cost of Wall Street-Xina breakup after 40-years - Lei > .

Ga, Ge 

23-8-1 Xi Curbs Export of Gallium & Germanium | Focus > .

23-7-9 Xina's Gallium & Germanium Export Controls - Asianometry > .

23-7-20 Xina’s 'Gallium Monopoly is a National Security Threat’ - Update > .

Li

23-3-8 Eyeing Zimbabwe’s Lithium Industry - CNBC > .

Mining & Refining - Resource Blackmail 

24-5-7 America's Nuclear Supply Chain (Ditching Russian Uranium) || PZ > .

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24-5-7 America's Nuclear Supply Chain (Ditching Russian Uranium) || PZ > .

>> Chip Wars >>>

> ρρ - Resources >>
   > ρ - Metals >>

2020+ COVID Economic Shock - Weighs >> .

Chip Off The Old Block - Buck Wagers >> .

Chip Wars - Omnia per Scientiam >> .

Chokepoints - Resource Logistics - BePr >> .

Chokepoints - Tzu >> .

Environmental Economics - Weighs >> .

Extraction vs Environment - Weighs >> .

Industrial, Resource Competition - Talus >> .

Global Trade - Tense >> .

Globalization & Fragile Supply Chains - Weighs >> .

Infrastructure - Means >> .

Lanthanides - REEs - Omnia per Scientiam >> .

New Cold War - Tense >> .

Phishing 'n Chips - Tense >> .

Plundering the Planet - Minerals - Weighs >> .

Plundering the Planet - Seabed - Weighs >> .

Precarious Essentials - Buck >> .

R&D&M Wars - Tense >> .

Resource Economics - Weighs >> .

Resource Issues - Omnia per Scientiam >> .

Resources - Competition, Exploitation - Guy >> .

Shock and Ore - Omnia per Scientiam >> .

Supply-Chain Problems - CoRo >> .

Taiwan - Between a ROC and an autocratic place - Tense >> .

Tech Competition - Tense >> .

The Earth’s crust is abundant in minerals and ores. Some ores have proven to be a valuable resource for humanity. Iron, for example, derived from iron ore (Hematite), laid the groundwork for the industrial revolution. Aluminum, on the other hand, was a critical strategic resource for aviation during World War I and World War II.

 
China is the world’s largest consumer of iron ore, and despite being the third largest producer, it still imports around 80% of the iron ore it uses each year. The biggest producers of iron ore are Australia, Brazil and China, which collectively account for around two-thirds of global output, with India, Russia, Ukraine and Canada also significant producers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022. China imported a total of 1.12 billion tons of iron ore in 2021, down slightly from 1.17 billion tons in 2020, according to government data. The drop in demand was largely driven by lower steel production in China, as the government placed constraints on the industry in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.

21st C - Supply-Chains - Cobalt, Congo ↠

Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) - Mineral Resources ..

Ċold Ŵar 2 for Resources in Space ..

Future Battle? - Seabed Mining ..

Globalization ⇔ Decoupling ..

Lithium - Essential Greener Resource ..

Metals - Supply ..

Nubian Shield - Mineral Resources ..

Recycling Steel ..

Ship Breaking ↠