Can Old Lime Bikes and Hard Disks Counter China's Rare-Earth Chokehold?(wsj.com)
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Can Old Lime Bikes and Hard Disks Counter China's Rare-Earth Chokehold?
https://www.wsj.com/business/can-old-lime-bikes-and-hard-disks-counter-chinas-rare-earth-chokehold-a74e7ac8
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> * Globally, less than 1% of the rare-earth metals in expired technology gets recycled, according to a report published last year by the United Nations. That is because separating the magnets from the other materials and parts they are embedded in hasn’t been cost-effective—especially when access to low-cost products from China hasn’t been a worry. *
> The Russian military is taking chips from dishwashers and refrigerators to fix their military hardware, because they ran out of semiconductors.
> Russia's industry is in tatters and its economy on life-support.
> This is the price for Putin's trail of death and destruction.
LMAO
- https://x.com/EU_Commission/status/1571454007683428352?lang=...
- https://time.com/6226484/russia-appliance-imports-weapons/
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/01/20/is-russia...
> Russia's industry is in tatters and its economy on life-support.
> This is the price for Putin's trail of death and destruction.
LMAO
- https://x.com/EU_Commission/status/1571454007683428352?lang=...
- https://time.com/6226484/russia-appliance-imports-weapons/
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/01/20/is-russia...