First of all, we need to understand that rare earth is divided into two kinds, one is light rare earth, the other is heavy rare earth.
Light rare earth has seven elements, the main component is cerium. Light rare earths are widely distributed, with large reserves in China, Mongolia, Brazil...
I'm telling you, gallium is a by-product of electrolytic aluminum plants.
It takes 10 to 20 years to build an electrolytic aluminum plant, and electrolytic aluminum plants require a lot of electricity.
First of all, Western countries don't have that much time to rebuild electrolytic aluminum...
Firstly most of the bauxite mines in African countries are controlled and operated by Chinese companies.
Secondly the electrolytic aluminum plant is in China.
Thirdly 80% of the US gallium imports come from China and 20% from Russia.
First of all, that's bauxite production, not gallium.
Secondly, most of the world's bauxite mines are controlled and operated by Chinese companies.
Third, 2014 is nine years away.
BTW: If the USA wants to solve this problem, first it needs to obtain enough bauxite with gallium ore...
Gallium ore is an associated ore of bauxite, and gallium is a by-product of aluminum electrolysis.
70+% of gallium reserves are in China, and the global bauxite ore is largely in the hands of Chinese companies.
It takes 10 to 20 years to build an electrolytic aluminum plant. What's worse is...
It's not that complicated.
If it adopts Vietnam's map of the South China Sea, then the country that will banned it will be China.
It's really a matter of market choice.
Gallium is a semiconductor raw material, which is also a necessary raw material for all electronic components.
The global production of gallium is 376.6 tons, of which China produces 356.6 tons.
The good news is that one country is able to produce 13 tons of gallium.
The bad news is that...
The Chinese CNY can be pegged to the dollar because China has enough foreign exchange reserves to acquire all the renminbi that is being sold off at low prices.
You can't peg a currency just because "you want to".
At current interest rates, even if the U.S. debt did not continue to increase, the U.S. govt would pay $1.7 trillion per year in interest alone.
How long can the U.S. hold on to this interest rate?
China provided loans to Argentina in RMB. Argentina uses the yuan to buy dollars and then uses the dollars to repay the debt. This effectively amounts to Argentina replacing its dollar debt with yuan debt, which Argentina can repay by expanding its exports to China (Argentina has a trade surplus...
The avionics of F22 was designed 30 years ago, do you know how big the gap between the electronics 30 years ago and now?
And the F22's avionics and data communication chain are written in ADA-based language, a language that has been obsolete and simply cannot support the needs of modern...
China does abide by the law of historical precedent. But the British were not the original inhabitants of this island.
The Taiwan issue is an internal affair. If the UK does not agree that it is an internal matter, then please ask the UK to renounce recognition of PRC.
And the issue of this...