US Can Produce Rare Earths If China Stops Exports–But There’s a Catch

US Can Produce Rare Earths If China Stops Exports–But There’s a Catch

It could take up to five years to develop a domestic supply chain to supplant China’s global monopoly in processing rare earths into materials needed to produce everything from iPhones to F-35 fighter jets. While the United States has most of the 17 rare earth elements and 50 critical minerals underground, it has no industrial capacity to refine them into processed metals and magnets, according to Melissa “Mel” Sanderson, American Rare Earths bo…

China controls 80% of rare earths, the United States 90% of European data. Faced with these dependencies, Terra nova calls for a surge of realistic and muscle economic sovereignty.

Who Controls Rare Earths Controls the Future

As the global economy accelerates toward electrification, automation, and advanced defense systems, a quiet yet high-stakes battle is unfolding beneath the surface — literally. Rare earth elements, the obscure yet indispensable materials behind everything from fighter jet engines to electric vehicle motors, have become a critical lever of geopolitical and industrial power.While nations rush to secure mineral resources, the true choke point is no…