With all this talk about annexing #Greenland and digging in the #Ukraine, here's a primer on why and what #CriticalMinerals are.  While I came across each of these minerals from time to time, I never had a real lattice-work of what comprehensively they do and how embedded they are are primary resources to our modern way of life:

TL;DR: Research suggests critical minerals are essential for technology (i.e. #semiconductors), with supply chains often concentrated in a few countries, namely: #Australia #Chile #China #DRC #Indonesia #SouthKorea #Japan #Canada #Philippines #Russia #Madagascar #Mozambique

The key minerals are: #lithium #cobalt #nickel #graphite #indium #neodymium #europium #terbium #gallium #germanium
#Greenland #Ukraine #CriticalMinerals #semiconductors #Australia #Chile #China #DRC #Indonesia #SouthKorea #Japan #Canada #Philippines #Russia #Madagascar #Mozambique #lithium #cobalt #nickel #graphite #indium #neodymium #europium #terbium #gallium #germanium