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Quite impressive that little Sweden has found the second most elements in the world, 19 of them. https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/legac...
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#132This deposit has been known for a long time. The news is that they have a better estimate how much rare earths are actually in there now. You don't just stumble upon something like this right next to one of the most important iron mines in Europe.
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The Mt Weld rare earths mine located in the Goldfields Region of Western Australia is one of the highest grade rare earth mines operating in the world [1]. The ore is initially drilled and blasted and the blasted ore is excavated and loaded on to trucks. The trucks transport the mined ore to the concentration plant located 1.5km away from the mine. The ore at the concentration plant is crushed before being fed to the…
I weirdly think Aus would be one of the best places to do this sort of work. There are huge (truly gigantic) areas of the outback where pollution would not bother anyone. A trade oriented, democratic country etc could provide refined metals for densely populated areas to use.
> There are huge (truly gigantic) areas of the outback where pollution would not bother anyone.
That's exactly what the British colonisers said when they engaged in a bit of atomic testing at Maralinga, leaving Aboriginal people blinded, affected by radiation poisoning and left with an ongoing legacy of radiation-related health problems.
I expect we're less in favour of a repeat of that kind of dumping of the side effects of first world problems on indigenous people than you seem to be.
Or .. you reckon we should agree to be rounded up and shipped off to the reservation again?
[1] https://genius.com/Paul-kelly-and-the-messengers-maralinga-r...
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This is going to have a mayor impact on Swedish politics. A new government is recently installed and this is the first mayor (public) opportunity for them to make a big impact on Europe from a sustainability, financial and political perspective. Expect A LOT faster result than 10-15 years.
There's some legal hurdles to this. It would be unconstitutional for a Swedish government to meddle in individual decisions of its agencies (including courts), and they in turn are required to act impartially.
Yes but the parliament can change the law however they see fit, to exempt this mine from environmental law. This has already happened twice in the last few years (cement production and hydro power).
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#137I have been there, as far as I know it’s already a mineral mining town. So convenient!
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I weirdly think Aus would be one of the best places to do this sort of work. There are huge (truly gigantic) areas of the outback where pollution would not bother anyone. A trade oriented, democratic country etc could provide refined metals for densely populated areas to use.
> There are huge (truly gigantic) areas of the outback where pollution would not bother anyone. That's exactly what the British colonisers said when they engaged in a bit of atomic testing at Maralinga, leaving Aboriginal people blinded, affected by radiation poisoning and left with an ongoing legacy of radiation-related health problems. I expect we're less in favour of a repeat of that kind of dumping of the side ef…
Well that escalated quickly...
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The Swedes helped the Allies also.
Whats your point? Kiruna, mining, and ww2 is linked with Germany. HN posts are not the place for thorough disseminationof Sweden during ww2, and it is also off topic.
Why did _you_ bring it up in the first place, then?