• abhibeckert@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Or … they could just get their magnets from one of several other countries that have the capability to produce them, but aren’t doing so because there’s no demand for it.

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      10 months ago

      They don’t want to pay the prices required to make it practical to mine and refine these substances in quantity in a developed country that will at least try to deal with the environmental consequences.