Pentagon inks pair of rare earth mineral loans for $1.2 billion

“You can dream all day long about scaling [weapons production but] if you don’t have germanium, gallium, and rare earths, it is a pipe dream,” said Michael Cadenazzi, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.

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