China and Russia will not be able to deprive Europe access to important components for electronics
By this point, China was leading in this segment, which is a "ultra -earth of rare earth elements", which produces 61% of all world reserves. It is far behind the US, which produce and produce 15% of electronics materials and its components. Geologists pay attention to the 17 most important "rare earths", without which you cannot do without a modern high -tech world. The main one is the neodymium, which in alloy with boron and iron forms the strongest constant magnets in the world.
These magnets are in high demand because the world departs from fossil fuel and neodymium is widely used in electric motors. Neodymium and other rare earth elements are necessary for a number of technical products, including smartphones, solar panels, wind turbines and monitors, and these are just some of them. Each electric vehicle battery uses about a kilogram of rare earth elements, and each wind turbine uses about 600 kg.
By the way, you can easily find a neodymium magnet, even in such little things as the cheapest headphones from China. In addition, along with Per Heyer on the Kurin mine, they also found huge reserves of iron, an indirect element of which is phosphorus. It is necessary for both electronics and various agricultural fertilizers. The leader in phosphorus production is Russia, which uses its supply to Europe as its pressure.
The LKAB Swedish General Company plans to launch the production of phosphorus and fluorine on the basis of already active production there. But with the extraction of other elements everything is not so smooth, the company noted. Obtaining all appropriate permits and passing all examinations can last up to 15 years.