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by pauldenton 946 days ago
Those are out of sight out of mind companies As long as those rare earth mines are in Africa and they are assembled in China it doesn't count as environmental damage. It's only if those mines or factories are in our country do we need to shut them down for the sake of the Earth
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Africa produces 0.32% or the annual supply of rare earth metals, and nearly all of it comes from Madagascar, and it is a Chinese owned mine.