China has near global monopolies on these exports, accounting for 98% of global gallium production, 93% of germanium production, and 49% of antimony production.

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  • miz [any, any]
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    1 day ago

    Antimony is a rare earth mineral needed for the production of all modern artillery shells.

    looked this up to find out what it goes into and apparently it is the best hardener for alloying lead