US Rare-Earth

[ftan42]

A Severe Rare Earth Shortage Impacts Production and Maintenance
Defense & Military: Delays in production for cutting-edge weapons systems have been reported, exposing weaknesses in global supply
Commercial & Civilian: Production has been halted and supply chains disrupted, with the automotive industry being particularly affected.

 

[eatshitndie]

can buy night soil from india?

 

[k1976]

can buy night soil from india?

US has alot of these so call rare earth but lack of the large scale commerical grade refineries for meeting its industrial demand , let alone its military complexes

The key issue here is US has been focusing on usage of these rare earth but neglected the raw material refining and toxic byproducts recycling

Environmental cost is very high if dun have the know-how. jiuhu also has a rare earth refinery at Pahang… why no sound no pic? If really so easy, Jiuhu Boleh Team will be boasting around mah just like their world biggest rubber glove factory

 

[404]

Material for
de-industrialization and de-militarization in preventing war especially ww3

 

[syed putra]

can buy night soil from india?

The processing cost too much.

 

[syed putra]

US has alot of these so call rare earth but lack of the large scale commerical grade refineries for meeting its industrial demand , let alone its military complexes

The key issue here is US has been focusing on usage of these rare earth but neglected the raw material refining and toxic byproducts recycling

Environmental cost is very high if dun have the know-how. jiuhu also has a rare earth refinery at Pahang… why no sound no pic? If really so easy, Jiuhu Boleh Team will be boasting around mah just like their world biggest rubber glove factory

The cost of refining too high in the US. Cheaper to buy from china until now as china cut supplies for military usage.

Trump's Rare Earths Champions Were Supposed To Fight China. Instead, They're Fighting Each Other​

Trump's Rare Earths Champions Were Supposed To Fight China. Instead, They're Fighting Each Other
Surbhi Jain
May 30, 2026 7 min read


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For years, the Trump administration's rare-earth strategy has been straightforward: reduce dependence on China and create an American supply chain for the critical minerals powering everything from electric vehicles to fighter jets. Now two of the strategy's biggest beneficiaries are fighting each other.

 

[404]

The processing cost too much.

they have the ordinary 3N or 4N refine processing machine but not those 5N or 6N rare earth refinery machine outside China

 

[syed putra]

Environmental cost is very high if dun have the know-how. jiuhu also has a rare earth refinery at Pahang… why no sound no pic? If really so easy, Jiuhu Boleh Team will be boasting around mah just like their world biggest rubber glove factory

The local Chinese communist was against this project by Lynas from the very start citing failed Asian rare earth project near Ipoh where babies were born deformed due to radioactive discharge by Japanese company Mitsubishi chemicals.

Lynas of Australia has applied to extend product line and again the local communist wants the plant shut citing the so called toxic discharge containing thorium in the thousands of tons with no where to dispose.
The discharge although radioactive are mild and about same radioactive level found naturally. But the term scares a lot of people after first rare earth failure by the japs.and opposition to Lynas possibly backed by china rare earth monopoly.

 

[404]

Japan tio with rare earth sanctions in 2010 and should have recognized the severity of lacking its own refinery infrastructure. However, 16 years later, their strategy has focused more on stockpiling materials rather than investing in the research and development of the processing technology itself. Why? perhaps they know better than the rest

 

[404]

The world does not lack rare earth mining resources; rather, the bottleneck lies in the high-purity refining processes required to achieve 5N or 6N grades. While raw materials are abundant, the capacity for high-grade processing remains the primary challenge in the global supply chain outside the Chinese.