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2023-02-03 Europe

Norway Finds Rare Earth Metals That Could Make Europe Less Dependent On China

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-03 07:07|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Biden administration imposes 20-year mining ban on 225,000 acres of northern Minnesota

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-03 07:15|| 2023-02-03 07:15|| Front Page Top

#2 There must be some kind of EPA equivalent in the EU that CCP can persuade to block development…

Posted by Glenmore 2023-02-03 10:25|| 2023-02-03 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 The Devil is in the details. ^2 you are correct. In continental shelf on Norway's sea bed.

Posted by Dale 2023-02-03 11:38|| 2023-02-03 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought the problem with rare earths was not the availability but the (difficult and toxic) refining.

Posted by James 2023-02-03 11:46|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2023-02-03 11:46|| Front Page Top

#5 the (difficult and toxic) refining

Exactly. Which is why we won't see this stuff coming out of Sweden or Norway.

Posted by Angstrom 2023-02-03 13:02|| 2023-02-03 13:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Well kind of. The problem with Sweden is just the low IQ. Who knows what the hell their mining engineers are actually thinking.

Posted by Woodrow 2023-02-03 13:23|| 2023-02-03 13:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Norway has one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, created entirely with oil revenues. If you think they are going to abstain from the "new energy" opportunities as oil revenue declines, you ain't paying attention.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-03 13:31|| 2023-02-03 13:31|| Front Page Top

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