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Imaginaerum wrote:
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thawn4444 wrote:
The irony of posting something like this from a electronic device that has its rare earth mineral components mined by child slaves in Africa. . .
Interesting how China and America are #1 and 2 producers of rare earth minerals, and no African nation shows up in the top 10 list, and companies for years have been going out of their way to avoid using blood mines as a source of anything
it is astonishing that you dont know the difference between raw minerals and refined. . .
Sure the US and China refine it, but they dont mine it. . .
90% of raw Cobalt comes from African mines. . .
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Posted bythawn4444#3507on Aug 11, 2020, 6:43:59 PM
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thawn4444 wrote:
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Imaginaerum wrote:
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thawn4444 wrote:
The irony of posting something like this from a electronic device that has its rare earth mineral components mined by child slaves in Africa. . .
Interesting how China and America are #1 and 2 producers of rare earth minerals, and no African nation shows up in the top 10 list, and companies for years have been going out of their way to avoid using blood mines as a source of anything
it is astonishing that you dont know the difference between raw minerals and refined. . .
Sure the US and China refine it, but they dont mine it. . .
90% of raw Cobalt comes from African mines. . .
Cobalt is not a rare earth element, and it's not relevant to them in any way.
No country in Africa currently produces rare earths (sure to change in the future).
The final stages of rare earths processing are currently done exclusively in China, regardless of source (in the process of changing).
So...yeah.
I have a pretty good sense of humor. I'm not German. Last edited by aggromagnet#5565 on Aug 11, 2020, 7:43:28 PM
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Posted byaggromagnet#5565on Aug 11, 2020, 7:35:55 PM
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I love PoE, but this is beyond disgusting.
I'm pretty sure it's already well known by now, about the recent surfacing of the inhumane Camps in China and Tencent working directly with the CCP.
But now that Tencent and China is underfire, specially about the horrible Camps, I really need to ask:
GGG, will you leave Tencent?
You built PoE without them, and you never even needed them.
I was here before Tencent even was apart of your company, and I know for a fact that you didnt need them.
So with all the horrors now known to the world, from both Tencent and the CCP, why are you still with them? Did you honestly take so much of their gold, that you no longer can be independent?
I honestly feel like leaving.
As I do not want to be affiliated with a company that supports people and children being killed or forced into labor by the CCP.
And what does posting this hot garbage bring? for you and for the community?
If you really wanna change something, get rich and buy GGG. HOW ABOUT THAT?
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Posted bycolossalaiur#6496on Aug 11, 2020, 8:23:50 PM
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thawn4444 wrote:
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Imaginaerum wrote:
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thawn4444 wrote:
The irony of posting something like this from a electronic device that has its rare earth mineral components mined by child slaves in Africa. . .
Interesting how China and America are #1 and 2 producers of rare earth minerals, and no African nation shows up in the top 10 list, and companies for years have been going out of their way to avoid using blood mines as a source of anything
it is astonishing that you dont know the difference between raw minerals and refined. . .
Sure the US and China refine it, but they dont mine it. . .
90% of raw Cobalt comes from African mines. . .
"In 2017 alone, China mined 105,000 metric tons of rare earth metals, while the U.S. has only produced about 43,000 metric tons in the last 20 years combined."
Over 80% of the world neodymium (very important in magnets) is mined in China.
China mines the vast majority of the world's so called "rare earth metals," and does so in possibly the most environmentally destructive way, basically washing them out with a river and polluting an entire water system. Even outside of china, many (for example) african mining operations are funded by china.
Remember the Yhangtze river dolphin? The first megafauna (and an entirely distinct genetic division) to go extinct after like 50 years? Guess how most of it's habitat was polluted and destroyed.
There's no powercreep here. Creep implies it's slow and could be overlooked, this is a full out sprint. Last edited by cpurdy777#7874 on Aug 11, 2020, 8:25:54 PM
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Posted bycpurdy777#7874on Aug 11, 2020, 8:24:46 PM
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China isn't rich on rare earth, in general. Many African countries and Russia beat it by a great margin.
But, China is definitely very rich on a couple of certain metals, widely used in various industries, hence of a great importance in the modern world.
And yes, CN annihilates its environment mining the shit out of it.
So?
This is a buff © 2016
The Experts ™ 2017 Last edited by torturo#7228 on Aug 12, 2020, 4:21:47 AM
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Posted bytorturo#7228on Aug 12, 2020, 4:07:47 AM
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