When you wrote that, I thought "bringing drugs into the US, well, more fool her". Then I read: And I thought, were you deliberately trying to mislead? Because failure to declare something l… (View Post)

When thinking of resource shortages, it is always worth remembering Oscar Wilde's definition of a gold mine: "A gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar at the top." Why? Because … (View Post)

That is correct: take neodymium, which is used in the magnets of electric cars, as neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB). Right now, most (80%) of neodymium is mined in China. But even five or six years ago, … (View Post)

The first thing you need to know about rare earths is that they're not rare. (View Post)

Strangely: not keen on elections in Russia being held under UN auspices. (View Post)