A new “Galician” war. People are dying for metal. Development of strategic minerals in exchange for peace. What is known...
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The new “gallium” war is from the word “gallium”. Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal, a data center on the moon, and Ukrainian rare earth minerals are all just elements of a huge puzzle called the confrontation between the United States and China.
As Gromada previously reported, US President Donald Trump has tied the extension of US financial and military aid to Ukraine to Kyiv's promise to supply the US with rare earth metals.
Among other things, Greenland and Canada have significant reserves of such metals. At the end of last year, the Canadian government published an annual review of the country's mining strategy.
The document highlights the progress and further plans of Canada to expand the mining industry, primarily in the extraction of rare earth elements and elements for chip production.
In turn, Greenland is able to cover 20 to 30% of the global demand for critical rare earth elements.
Thus, piece by piece, as the US President's whims are voiced, the geopolitical and geo-economic puzzle of his administration's policy is being put together, in which the influence of Silicon Valley science and technology corporations plays a significant role.
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