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Bev54

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1. Guess who has large deposits of yttrium?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:19 PM

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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.

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A new rare earth crisis is brewing as yttrium shortages spread - Reuters [View all] TexasTowelie Yesterday OP

Guess who has large deposits of yttrium? Bev54 Yesterday #1

With the fat orange imbecile in the WH, I'm like "Go Canada!" wolfie001 23 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 Yesterday #2

They're only digging to enrich themselves wolfie001 23 hrs ago #4