USA have offshored their bomb manufacturing in China

[freddau]

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63400346/

they are a little cons ...

[bernardd]

There is another country where these rare earths have been found: Afghanistan.

Astonishing, no?

[freddau]

Are you sure??

China is known to be Saudi Arabia rare earths?

[Christophe]

Are you sure??

China is known to be Saudi Arabia rare earths?

Yes I confirm: the Afghanisthan is very rich in mineral resources ... rare ...

We had a subject on it but I can not find it, you may be luckier than me: https://www.econologie.com/forums/search.php

[Christophe]

I found the info: https://www.econologie.com/forums/vers-une-d ... tml#173049

Discovering minerals: Afghanistan sitting on a trillion dollars

From Waheedullah MASSOUD (AFP) - 13 June 2010

KABUL - Afghanistan, a poor country that has been at war for more than eight years, is potentially sitting on a trillion of dollars thanks to huge reserves of minerals, according to a report by US geologists.

According to a Pentagon official, Afghanistan would have valuable mineral reserves on a much larger scale than previously thought.

The value of these deposits, which would include lithium, iron, gold, niobium and cobalt, was estimated at one trillion dollars, which would be enough to make this war-ravaged country one of the first global exporters of minerals. But this is only a preliminary estimate, Colonel Dave Lapan told reporters.

"It is possible that even the trillion dollar figure underestimates the real potential" of these deposits, he said.

In recent months, US officials have informed Afghan leaders of the final results of the study, which followed a first estimate of geologists dating from 2007, the Pentagon said. (...)