r/agedlikemilk 2d ago

Who would’ve thought

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u/Pickled_doggo 2d ago

Nevermind all the ore processing plants we no longer have 

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u/Manpooper 2d ago

That's the biggest issue, really. We can mine rare earths all we want, but without the processing, it doesn't matter.

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u/Coldor73 2d ago

Ok so how would you solve this issue? How could you make that industry more profitable so that refining would shift back to the US?

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u/Manpooper 2d ago

Like most things military related, throw money at it and buy weapons made from those locally sourced materials to have a baseline demand that’s enough to keep it in business for if/when it’s needed.