Hacker News with Generative AI: Rare Earths

Rare Earths Reality: Ukraine's Nonexistent Deposits (ieee.org)
When a seemingly routine Oval Office press conference degenerated into a shouting match on 28 February, the world looked on in astonishment. That is, except for actual experts in rare earths and other critical materials, who understood all along that the proposed “deal” that motivated the press conference was nonsensical and could only be viewed as political theater.
Rare Earths Reality Check: Ukraine Doesn't Have Minable Deposits (ieee.org)
Experts say proposed deal with U.S. makes no sense
What China's Ban on Rare Earths Processing Technology Exports Means (2024) (csis.org)
China announced a ban of rare earth extraction and separation technologies on December 21, 2023.
Ukraine's $500B rare earths scam:they don't exist, and we should know [video] (youtube.com)
Ukraine's rare earth reserves are just a fantasy (bloomberg.com)
What Ukraine has is scorched earth; what it doesn’t have is rare earths. Surprisingly, many people — not least, US President Donald Trump — seem convinced the country has a rich mineral endowment. It’s a folly.
Advanced Magnet Manufacturing Begins in the United States (ieee.org)
In mid-January, a top United States materials company announced that it had started to manufacture rare earth magnets.
China Bans Rare Mineral Exports to the U.S. (nytimes.com)
China said on Tuesday it would begin banning the export of some rare minerals to the United States, in an escalation of the tech war between the world’s two biggest powers.
No longer rare: China's overproduction sends rare-earth prices tanking (nikkei.com)
China: All Rare Earth Materials Are Now 'State-Owned' (extremetech.com)
EV world in serious trouble if China cuts off rare earth materials (theregister.com)