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TexasTowelie

(124,321 posts) Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:35 PM 10 hrs ago

A new rare earth crisis is brewing as yttrium shortages spread - Reuters

The element yttrium, used in specialty alloys found in engines as well as coatings to shield against high temperatures, faces Chinese export restrictions along with six other rare earths, leading to fears of shortages and surging costs.

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A new rare earth crisis is brewing as yttrium shortages spread - Reuters (Original Post) TexasTowelie 10 hrs ago OP

Guess who has large deposits of yttrium? Bev54 9 hrs ago #1

With the fat orange imbecile in the WH, I'm like "Go Canada!" wolfie001 7 hrs ago #3

This has been an issue for a long time. I thought when I last read about this issue, that US investors were SWBTATTReg 9 hrs ago #2

They're only digging to enrich themselves wolfie001 7 hrs ago #4

Bev54

(13,035 posts)

1. Guess who has large deposits of yttrium?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:19 PM

9 hrs ago

Canada and guess who is in the process of getting new mines approved not just for the mining of rare earth minerals but also the processing? Again it would be Canada but then the US doesn't need anything from Canada according to Trump.

wolfie001

(6,550 posts)

3. With the fat orange imbecile in the WH, I'm like "Go Canada!"

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:33 PM

7 hrs ago

Before that f6cker was reelected, I'd never entertained a thought like that. Well, here we are.....

SWBTATTReg

(25,872 posts)

2. This has been an issue for a long time. I thought when I last read about this issue, that US investors were

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:51 PM

9 hrs ago

literally digging more into US properties, to more thoroughly investigate rare earth minerals, if there were more than originally thought or found (previous mining efforts were after gold, silver, other such things).

wolfie001

(6,550 posts)

4. They're only digging to enrich themselves

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:35 PM

7 hrs ago

It's America after all. Almighty dollar.

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