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REMs =/= Uranium. Uranium and Thorium are actually considered contaminants. At the moment China is kneecapping our REM production by dumping excessively cheap REMs at no -- or negative -- profit to undercut any American competition. American companies couldn't get off the ground for a long while before Trump's tariffs caused China to chimp out since the Chinese were very wary about losing their dominance over the REM market.

Now America and Japan are looking to manufacture domestic REMS (Japan has loads on the seabed in their territorial waters and even just outside) because China pitched a fit about tariffs and started squeezing the supply to us. Us selling to Russia would be a huge step to self-sufficiency by creating a new market demand for them thus incentivizing more mining and refining.