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Wonder what the practical implications of a million tonnes is? For industry, is a million tonnes really that much?
‚metals which are essential for, among other applications, the manufacture of electric vehicles and wind turbines‘ Great way to frame mining as eco-friendly haha. Is my take too skeptical? Are these very specific metals to eco-friendly production?
Wonder what the practical implications of a million tonnes is? For industry, is a million tonnes really that much?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's the town they had to move due to mining, wasn't it? I hope this doesn't mean they have to move it again :)
Who needs dowsing rods when you can just move a town and see where it goes to find the next big deposit.
‚metals which are essential for, among other applications, the manufacture of electric vehicles and wind turbines‘ Great way to frame mining as eco-friendly haha. Is my take too skeptical? Are these very specific metals to eco-friendly production?
What's the alternative? If we want to electrify, it means more resource discovery and mining than we're already doing, plus likely mining more non-renewable fuels to power the intermediate infrastructure we will need to mine or recycle metals for renewables or EVs.
Rare earth elements aren't actually rare.
A HN worthy comment might expand on why they're called 'rare' and why they're hard (in the sense of effort and resources) to extract and deliver in a ready to use state.
Any ideas?
> If we look at how other permit processes have worked within our industry, it will be at least 10-15 years before we can actually begin mining and deliver raw materials to the market. Meh ?
I'd be curious to compare with China, how long it took them to exploit their rare earths mines.
Rare earth elements aren't actually rare.
Rare earth elements aren't actually rare.