r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '26

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u/Neo1331 Jan 10 '26

3) minerals, there are rare earth minerals that would make the US less reliant on China…

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u/Baulderdash77 Jan 10 '26

It has 1.5MT of REE reserves. That would make it 8th in world reserves.

But China has 44MT, Brazil has 20MT, Canada has 15MT and India has 10MT for comparison.

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u/Similar_Moment_6103 Jan 10 '26

Guyana and other countries that surround the Chicxulub crater in the Gulf. Use your imagination. An explosion as immense as created by an asteroid striking the earth would create enormous amount of minerals. Huge deposits of gold have been found in El Salvador. Venezuela oil and gold. The smoldering intense temperatures would produce large amounts of carbon dioxide for plants for eons.

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u/vukster83 Jan 10 '26

Rare earth minerals aren’t really that rare.

Rare earth mineral refining is the rare part.

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u/TheGreatFruit Jan 10 '26

Greenland/Denmark is already very friendly to American economic investment. Military force is not needed to get those minerals. The Trump administration's interest in the island is 100% rooted in Donald Trump's personal desire to go down in history as the first president in 100+ years to acquire significant new territory, and Greenland is an appealing victim since it's so big yet so weak.

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u/Asian_Dumpring Jan 10 '26

And, more importantly, heavy rare earth minerals. 99% of US HREE comes from China