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What refining capacity is, and why it is the bottleneck
Refining is the step between a raw material and a usable one. By the end you will know why it is harder to replace than a mine, why it clusters in a few places, and what a country that cannot refine actually lacks.
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What makes a mineral critical in American law
Critical is a legal designation, not a geological one. By the end you will know who draws the list, what appearing on it does and does not do, and why the minerals the United States taxes most heavily cannot appear on it at all.