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3 stories tagged critical-minerals, newest first.

Screenshot of ccsi.columbia.edu: A model where companies lease critical minerals instead of selling them

A model where companies lease critical minerals instead of selling them (ccsi.columbia.edu)

4 points by crookedroad44 10 days ago | 0 comments

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment page describing Metals-as-a-Service, a model where companies lease critical minerals rather than sell them to keep materials in use.

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Screenshot of lawfaremedia.org: America didn't lose its rare earth industry, it sold it

America didn't lose its rare earth industry, it sold it (lawfaremedia.org)

152 points by speckx 11 days ago | 73 comments

Lawfare article arguing the US sold off its rare earth industry and that financing to rebuild domestic supply should reflect China's strategic control risk.

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Screenshot of usgs.gov: USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas

USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas (usgs.gov)

323 points by antidnan 2 years ago | 199 comments

USGS national news release on using machine learning to estimate large lithium resources in brines of the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas.

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#critical-minerals on Hacker News

A model where companies lease critical minerals instead of selling them(ccsi.columbia.edu)

America didn't lose its rare earth industry, it sold it(lawfaremedia.org)

USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas(usgs.gov)

A model where companies lease critical minerals instead of selling them (ccsi.columbia.edu)

America didn't lose its rare earth industry, it sold it (lawfaremedia.org)

USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas (usgs.gov)