Here's a scoop I published yesterday on Substack. While the U.S. is hyping a mineral deal with Ukraine, America is actually advancing rare earth mining in another part of the former Soviet Union: Central Asia.

Specifically, Kazakhstan.

Here's a scoop I published yesterday on Substack. While the U.S. is hyping a mineral deal with Ukraine, America is actually advancing rare earth mining in another part of the former Soviet Union: Central Asia.

Specifically, Kazakhstan. 

https://kaufman.substack.com/p/forget-ukraine-americas-real-rare

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Interesting angle. While the spotlight’s on Ukraine, the real moves are happening in Kazakhstan. Always more to the story. 👀