By Larry Reaugh, CEO, American Manganese “You cannot make steel without manganese. And if you cannot make steel – the world stops.” That’s the glass of cold-water quote from former BHP Billiton CEO Brian Gilbertson, more than a decade ago as the world toppled into the finance-driven 2008-09 Great Recession. Fast forward to […]
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RARE EARTHS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING: How the U.S. can break China’s metal grip to foster innovation
By Larry Reaugh, CEO of American Manganese The U.S.-China trade wars took a turn last week into new and worrisome territory, as China unofficially floated the threat of cutting off rare earths exports to the U.S. The elements – unknown to most people but present in nearly every tech gadget […]