The defense industry is racing to build non-China supply chains of the rare earth samarium, which is essential for military systems like the F-35 fighter jet and Tomahawk cruise missile.
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Crucial for defense and scarce due to China’s export controls, samarium was recently named the most vulnerable critical mineral by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The obscure rare earth element (REE) is almost exclusively used in military applications and has a global market value of just $2...
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