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The Pentagon's Next Critical Minerals Source Is Already In Its Own Warehouses
The Pentagon's Next Critical Minerals Source Is Already In Its Own Warehouses
Authored by Matt Bedingfield via RealClearDefenseolitics,
Last week, U.S. Navy destroyers began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz under Project Freedom, the most aggressive American action in the strait since Iran shut it down in March.
The naval blockade of Iranian ports is now in its fifth week. U.S. warships are running mine-clearance operations, intercepting Iranian-flagged cargo, and absorbing drone threats daily. And the permanent magnets in those destroyers' guidance systems are still refined in China. So are the...
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Copper Demand Surges, But Supply Deficit Is Hard To Solve, Expert Says
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Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times,
The ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) boom underscores a harder-to-resolve supply issue for copper, according to veteran natural resource investor Rick Rule.
Speaking recently with Siyamak Khorrami, host of EpochTV’s “Market Insider,” Rule said the increasingly energy-intensive lives people around the world are living have pushed up demand for copper. With companies and countries investing heavily in AI, future demand for the red metal will be “staggering,” he said.
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