Foreign media: Although the United States has tried to obtain resources from Greenland, geological and technical limitations have prevented any country, including China, from successfully mining and processing the main critical mineral in Greenland - xenotime - rare earth oxides.
This mineral's rare earth elements can be used to make permanent magnets for high-tech products, and currently China holds about 90% of the global rare earth supply, with an unparalleled refining capacity, so the United States still needs to rely on China.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855620095515652/
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