U.S. defense and tech sectors face crippling shortages of key minerals controlled by China
China’s rare earth export controls are crippling U.S. aerospace and semiconductor production.
The price of critical yttrium has soared 69-fold in a year, halting some production lines.
U.S. chipmakers face dangerous shortages of scandium, threatening 5G technology.
Industry experts describe this as deliberate economic warfare by China.
Long-term U.S. solutions are underway, but immediate shortages pose a severe threat.
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