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Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves

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Re: Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves

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Post by yread »

philipkglass wrote: post #5
yread wrote: post #3

million mt? Is that million megatons? And which rare earth elements are they?

See pages 14 and 15 of this presentation: https://mric.jogmec.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/seminar... It's mostly light rare earth elements. Over half of it is cerium and most of the rest is lanthanum. Most of the economic value is in the elements that are not cerium or lanthanum. It appears to have about the same proportion of neodymium and praseodymium (valuable light rare earth elements used in magnets) as the…

Awesome, thanks this clears it up. And are these reserves measured, inferred or indicated? Is there a PFS?

Re: Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves

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Post by gpcr1949 »

dmitrygr wrote: post #9
rajandatta wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't it be 694 million metric tonnes? I million megatons is a hell of a lot.

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You can't convert mass to energy like that in this context. A megaton just means a million tons (of TNT in an energy context). You can say: (the energy released when detonating) a megaton of TNT is equivalent to 46.55 g of pure mass to energy conversion (E = mc**2 type), but that would be irrelevant in this context because no one is planning converting this mass to energy, nor would it be possible.

Re: Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves

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Post by exabrial »

Turkey is in EU/NATO, but I question the relationship given Erdogan. My naive assessment is he is now "elected" for life by force. No idea if my perception is correct, but given their strategic geographical importance and this as well, It'd be a damn shame if democracy there disappeared.

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Post by sbierwagen »

philipkglass wrote: post #5
yread wrote: post #3

million mt? Is that million megatons? And which rare earth elements are they?

See pages 14 and 15 of this presentation: https://mric.jogmec.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/seminar... It's mostly light rare earth elements. Over half of it is cerium and most of the rest is lanthanum. Most of the economic value is in the elements that are not cerium or lanthanum. It appears to have about the same proportion of neodymium and praseodymium (valuable light rare earth elements used in magnets) as the…

Also on that slide: "has average 3.14% grade". I assume that doesn't mean the rock consists of 3.14% of the target element, but is 3.14% of whatever ore they're targeting, right?

Re: Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves

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Post by baybal2 »

exabrial wrote: post #14

Turkey is in EU/NATO, but I question the relationship given Erdogan. My naive assessment is he is now "elected" for life by force. No idea if my perception is correct, but given their strategic geographical importance and this as well, It'd be a damn shame if democracy there disappeared.

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Re: Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves

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Post by aiilns »

exabrial wrote: post #14

Turkey is in EU/NATO, but I question the relationship given Erdogan. My naive assessment is he is now "elected" for life by force. No idea if my perception is correct, but given their strategic geographical importance and this as well, It'd be a damn shame if democracy there disappeared.

Turkey is in NATO, not in the EU. I believe elections are to happen next year, although democracy in Turkey is probably not going to get better for it.

Re: Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves

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Post by hrkucuk »

God damn. If nothing this will be used to make ppl force vote for Erdogan in 2023... Just another propoganda tool to vote him :( And I was naively keeping up my hopes for this Turkey's 100th birthday elections, but it seems like he will follow a Nazarbayev model for himself. I can only hope him to get pulled into his bubble where he leaves important decisions to liable, honest people. But unless his "magistrates" come down it does not seem possible.
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