DoD, White House Likely To Fight Chinese Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals

DoD, White House Likely To Fight Chinese Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals
DoD, White House Likely To Fight Chinese Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals

With an Executive Order and a new study due soon that promises to take a hard line against Chinese imports, the Trump administration is opening a new front, while protecting the US defense industry.

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Pentagon Fails To Act On Crucial Rare Earth Minerals

Pentagon Fails To Act On Crucial Rare Earth Minerals
Pentagon Fails To Act On Crucial Rare Earth Minerals

A new Government Accountability Office report scolds the Department of Defense for failing to figure out which rare earth elements are critical to national security — China controls the world market — and for not developing plans to make sure the United States has enough even though Congress passed a law telling them to five years…