A new rare earth crisis is brewing as yttrium shortages spread - Reuters

[TexasTowelie]

The element yttrium, used in specialty alloys found in engines as well as coatings to shield against high temperatures, faces Chinese export restrictions along with six other rare earths, leading to fears of shortages and surging costs.

[Bev54]

1. Guess who has large deposits of yttrium?

Canada and guess who is in the process of getting new mines approved not just for the mining of rare earth minerals but also the processing? Again it would be Canada but then the US doesn't need anything from Canada according to Trump.

[wolfie001]

3. With the fat orange imbecile in the WH, I'm like "Go Canada!"

Before that f6cker was reelected, I'd never entertained a thought like that. Well, here we are.....

[SWBTATTReg]

2. This has been an issue for a long time. I thought when I last read about this issue, that US investors were

literally digging more into US properties, to more thoroughly investigate rare earth minerals, if there were more than originally thought or found (previous mining efforts were after gold, silver, other such things).

[wolfie001]

4. They're only digging to enrich themselves

It's America after all. Almighty dollar.