You might have heard U.S. President Joe Biden was in Ottawa this weekend talking about rare earth minerals, but there is also a good chance you’ve heard that…
The United States national security apparatus is currently engaged in a not-so-quiet fight with China over who will control the next two decades, but before you can understand where we are going and why it matters to you, you must understand where we’ve been.
By some estimates, the Calgary Tower would have been 1,000 feet under the surface and this ocean was here for about 30 million years. Rocks that had previously been molten below the Earth’s surface form these critical little crystals and, depending on the cooling rate of the lava, different types form.Article content
The clays were necessary to capture the minerals as they eroded off the parent rocks. Without this piece of the puzzle, the tiny crystals would have been swept into the ocean via Hudson Bay. The phone you are likely reading this on has around eight grams of rare earth metals but an electric car might have as much as a kilo. Almost every single modern device has some need for these resources that, until now, have been a part of a smooth supply chain from east to west.Article content
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