The reason why we rely so much on China for rare earth metals

Rare earth elements are actually buried pretty evenly across the globe; basically, any country could mine them if they really wanted to.
"Users point out that rare earth mining is an environmental nightmare, explaining that the world relies on China only because they're willing to sacrifice their marginalized regions and environmentโsomething other countries aren't as eager to do."
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