West Can Establish Rare Earth Supply Chain Without China Ahead of Mass E-Car Rollout: Executive

The Biden administration is taking steps to increase the production of critical minerals on U.S. soil. NTD spoke to Luiza Moreno, the president of Defense Metals Corp. She explains how China processes most of the world’s rare earth. And she says the U.S. mines about 15-percent of those elements, but they are exported to China for processing. Moreno tells us how this dynamic plays into electric vehicles and China’s role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.