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Why does China produce >80% of the world’s tungsten?
Why has there been zero domestic tungsten mining in the United States?
Why does China produce >80% of the world’s tungsten?
Why has there been zero domestic tungsten mining in the United States?
Australia can export tungsten to the US.
Tungsten is critical for military applications and solar panel production.
Australia trades more with China than America. Do you want to sacrifice your economy for America?
America/USA will surely pay more than China for Australian tungsten to rid itself from the >80% over-reliance.
Correct, but then China could stop trading other things in the event of increased hostility with the US, same way the US does. Unless you intend to decouple and become reliant on the US instead, China has more leverage on your economy.
This is why diversification is key.
Tungsten is a critical component in any cutting tool.
Also special armor penetrating ammunition, because of tungsten high density and hardness, as the article mentions. This is why there was a tungsten shortage during WW2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Crisis
The only thing Australia is exporting to the US is all your biometric data.