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Originally Posted by acottawa

Interesting. I wonder if the ore is actually in Russia or another Soviet Republic.

Statista similarly shows no reserves in Russia.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...de-by-country/

On the other hand, this presentation from the USGS shows several deposits in Russia.

https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1802/t/pp1802t.pdf

I think it's more that they have processing and forging facilities. And they probably had/have a decent recycling sector. Old colonial mindset of extracting raw materials in the colonies and refining it and using it in the home country.

Either way, we do need to do more to really push them out of these supply chains. And if we (Canada) aren't going to do much on defence, one place we could lead is an industrial displacement strategy.