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They will be RARER soon: Rare earth magnet supply for wind power and EVs will fall 246,000 tons short by 2040

May 11, 2023 -

According to Adamas Intelligence, the global demand for NdFeB magnets is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5 percent. This will be driven largely by double-digit growth in the wind power and electric car sectors. As a result, the demand for the rare earth elements that are associated with these magnets – terbium, didymium and dysprosium – is also expected to rise significantly.

Rare earth elements are those belonging to a group of 17 metallic ...

China’s ban on rare earth minerals export rattles the world tech industry

January 10, 2024 -

The communist nation, which controls 90 percent of the refined rare earth metal market, completely banned the rare earth extraction and separation technology. According to freelance writer and communications consultant Kurt Cobb, this recent move is part of a broader trade war between the United States and China over the exchange of technology.

President Xi Jinping's commerce ministry sought public opinion last December on the potential move to add the technology to ...

Chinese mining companies accused of human rights and environmental abuses in pursuit of “green transition”

July 10, 2023 -

This is according to the Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRRC), a London-based non-government organization and corporate watchdog that tracks the local impact of thousands of businesses around the world.

According to the BHRRC's report, there were at least 102 alleged abuses linked to Chinese mining interests across 18 countries in 2021 and 2022. (Related: Car companies are expanding into the lithium mining business to secure their supplies for EV manufacturing....

America IGNORING human rights, child labor abuses in the DRC to secure supplies of METALS for EV batteries

September 15, 2023 -

Known as the world's "king of cobalt," the DRC has long been regarded as the world's largest producer of the metal, accounting for nearly three-quarters of global output in 2022. A third of that output comes from the country's informal mining sector, made up of artisanal miners and children who often work with no safety equipment in dangerous, hand-dug mines. (Related: Big Tech demand for cobalt drives SLAVE MINES in the Congo.)

Cobalt has become an essential component ...

Houston hosts nuclear incident training exercise amid growing NUKE THREATS

May 09, 2023 -

Houston recently hosted a weeklong large-scale, multi-agency nuclear incident training exercise led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), featuring various military personnel and aircraft in Harris County and southeast Houston. The training exercise that ended Friday, May 5, sought to prepare the city for a possible nuclear attack.

A map released by the Natural Resources Defense Council in 2002 showed that Houston could be a prime target for a nuclear attack ...

Military to hold nightmarish ‘nuclear’ drill in Houston to prepare for direct nuclear strike on the continental United States

May 02, 2023 -

The FBI has assured the public that the presence of "military personnel and aircraft, and people in protective equipment" is part of the exercise and should not cause alarm, the UK's Daily Mail has reported.

The drill takes place against a backdrop of escalating threats from North Korea and Russia. According to analysis, if a missile launched from Pyongyang were to strike Houston, approximately 130,000 people could lose their lives.

In 2017, North Korea tested a missile ...

Elon Musk says Microsoft developing real-life Skynet AI to control “every facet” of human life

November 26, 2023 -

A new Microsoft AI chip called "Maia" is set to be the cornerstone of the company's budding AI infrastructure, which competes with that being created by Musk, hence his criticisms of it.

Maia, we are told, will bring artificial generalized intelligence (AGI) to "every facet" of human life. AGI differs from the isolated AI applications many people now know about in that it supposedly represents actual "intelligence" minus human inputs, i.e., ChatGPT.

"ChatGPT ...

House Republicans say NO to Biden’s electric vehicle tyranny, call it an “ill-considered effort”

May 24, 2023 -

A majority of House Republicans signed on to a letter sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) taking aim at its "ill-considered effort" to interfere with the vehicle and energy markets "under the guise of mitigating climate change."

A total of 151 GOP representatives signed their names to the opposition letter, which openly challenges an EPA plan to force more gas-powered vehicles off the market, to be replaced with more EVs, by the year 2027.

Majority Leader ...

Japan to subsidize up to HALF THE COST of mine development and smelting projects for lithium and other minerals

May 08, 2023 -

According to an April 23 report by Nikkei Asia, METI is targeting several elements – namely lithium, manganese, nickel, cobalt, graphite and rare earth metals. The ministry's initiative seeks to obtain essential raw materials used in the production of electric vehicles (EVs). The raw materials targeted by METI are used for lithium-ion batteries and permanent magnets used in high-performance engines.

Through the initiative, Japan plans to diversify its supply network as it ...

Mining for “clean energy” minerals has left more than 23 million people exposed to TOXIC WASTE in their water, environment

September 28, 2023 -

The reckless transition to "clean" energy has created an environmental disaster of epic proportions, the paper reveals. In just the few short years that green energy has been a thing, harvesting it has already caused more ecological damage to the planet than has the more than 150 years' worth of drilling and mining for earth-based "fossil" fuels that has occurred since the industrial revolution.

What this means, of course, is that green energy is anything but clean, ...

Lithium-ion battery pack sizes have increased 10 percent over the last five years, which could lead to battery supply shortages

August 14, 2023 -

In a recent report released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) entitled "Electric Vehicle Outlook," analysts delved into three different range projections for EV battery demand and their implications for material supply. (Related: Car companies are expanding into the lithium mining business to secure their supplies for EV manufacturing.)

According to the results, BNEF's baseline projection envisions the stabilization of average EV ranges at approximately 250 to 310 ...

STUDY: Deep-sea mining for EV metals can slash ocean animal populations in half

July 26, 2023 -

A new study published in Current Biology revealed that the rapid expansion of deep-sea mining of metals needed for electric vehicles (EVs) can slash ocean animal population in half.

In the study, captured from an underwater cobalt mining site off the coast of Japan, a short mining test was conducted by the Japanese government and analyzed by the researchers involved in the study to determine the harmful effects.

One year after the mining ...

Offering free healthcare to illegal immigrants could cost California BILLIONS PER YEAR

20 days ago -

While free healthcare for illegal immigrants isn't a new concept, the most recent law expands access to include illegals of all ages. Earlier state legislation allowed minors to receive coverage, with subsequent measures including adults up to 25 years old and people who are 50 and older.

It is estimated that at least 700,000 illegals will have access to the new benefits, with estimates varying based on how many people enroll and the number and type of medical services covered....

Financial analyst John Rubino says HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS could save the EV industry

a month ago -

Adams touched on how the robocars industry is completely bombed at the moment. "Apple just canceled plans for EVs. Volvo has shifted away from EV design and manufacturing," he said. "Other car companies that are making EVs are realizing they can't really sell them. Dealers don't like them. Also, they're expensive to insure and the insurance companies don't want to insure them. They are also hard to repair and it takes hours to charge them." (Related: New study: Charging an EV is ...

Pork-laden border bill “a death wish” for Republicans, warns Trump: “Don’t be stupid!”

February 08, 2024 -

Just hours after the bill was publicly released, the former president, who is once again running for office in 2024, took to Truth Social to express his views on its provisions.

"Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill, which only gives Shutdown Authority after 5000 Encounters a day, when we already have the right to CLOSE THE BORDER NOW, which must be done," Trump wrote in his typical random capitalization form.

The ...

IDF raid of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza produces nearly ZERO real evidence of claimed Hamas headquarters

November 20, 2023 -

Over the past several weeks, Israel has been pushing the narrative that a hidden "Hamas Command Center" exists inside al-Shifa, this being the excuse Israel used to bomb and raid the facility, killing patients and other civilians along the way. In the end, the raid turned up next to nothing to support Israel's claims.

The image below, which shows masked IDF soldiers showing off what they uncovered, reveals little more than a handful of radios, some booklets, some CDs, ...

Parents infuriated as illegal migrants enroll at Chicago schools without health records (while vaccine mandates are forced on American kids)

May 29, 2023 -

Now that Title 42 has ended and the United States is being flooded with tens of thousands of new illegal migrants daily, these people are having to go somewhere, including Chicagoland which is seeing a massive influx in illegal migrant children being enrolled without paperwork at area public schools.

One local mother by the name of Jennifer Preston told "Fox & Friends First" this week that it is hypocritical for school administrators to force legal children to provide health ...

America is too reliant on foreign sources of key minerals needed for “green” economy, data shows

August 09, 2023 -

The latest data shows that the U.S. is 100 percent reliant on imports for at least 12 different key minerals that have been deemed as "critical" by the government. And who do you think primarily supplies said minerals? Communist China.

Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte and Pernia Jamshed collected data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) showing America's import dependence for 30 different key non-fuel minerals, as well as the nations from which the U.S. primarily ...

Demand for “critical” rare-earth minerals soars amid rapid growth of “clean” energy industry

July 19, 2023 -

Between 2017 and 2022, according to the latest Critical Minerals Market Review, there has been a "tripling in overall demand for lithium, a 70 percent jump in demand for cobalt, and a 40 percent rise in demand for nickel."

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the overall market for these and other minerals critical to the energy transition reached $320 billion in 2022, which is double what it was just five years ago. With that comes an increase in prices for rare-earth ...

Sen. Bill Hagerty accuses Democrats of plotting to use illegals to gain more congressional seats

a month ago -

In 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to determine the population of each state in the U.S. without regard for lawful residence status.

In response, Hagerty and other Republican senators proposed legislation that would exclude illegal immigrants from the census, fearing that their inclusion could impact the future apportioning of House seats and Electoral College votes.

The proposed legislation would mandate the inclusion ...