Black velvet #malachite display piece looking phenomenal in this light. Don't you just want to reach out and pet it like a precious little kitten? Very good looking piece.
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minerals
So, if #China #Russia #India #Brazil and #SouthAfrica #BRICS wanted to grab #Trump #TinyOrangeBalls and #Squeeze real fuckin tight, #TheseAreTheUSBalls they'd #Squeeze #RareEarth #Minerals
The #UnitedStates & #Ukraine announced the creation of a new reconstruction & investment fund, formalizing an economic agreement between the 2 that is intended to give the US access to proceeds from Ukraine’s reserves of rare earth #minerals.
The agreement concludes months of fraught negotiations over whether the #US will continue to provide Ukraine w/ #economic & #military support to Ukraine as it tries to broker an end to its war w/ #Russia.
#geopolitics #extortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B6D34864-523A-4478-90D7-2E06148475AB
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#Greenland handed a 30-year #mining permit to a Danish-French mining group aiming to extract a moon-like rock that could offer a #climate-friendly alternative in aluminium production.
The #Arctic island rich in #minerals, #oil & #NaturalGas, & long seen as a potential resource frontier, has drawn international attention since #Trump expressed an interest in *purchasing* [conquering] it earlier this year.
#geopolitics #Denmark #France #US
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/greenland-gives-danish-french-group-permit-mine-rock-with-green-potential-wake-2025-05-21/
#Trump suspended some sales to #China of critical US #tech, including those related to jet #engines, #semiconductors & certain #chemicals. The move is a response to China’s recent restrictions on exports of critical #minerals to the US, a decision by Beijing that has threatened to cripple #US #SupplyChains.
The new limits are pushing the world’s largest economies a step closer toward #SupplyChain #warfare, as the US & China flex their power.
#economy #inflation #recession
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/business/economy/jet-engine-chip-software-exports-to-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=7CCDCC0C-771C-410D-88B8-DE625C471B8D