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🚨🇮🇩 Indonesia makes breakthrough in nickel processing with record recovery The new ore processing method developed by Indonesian scientists recovers up to 98% of metals from nickel ore — including iron and magnesium. 🔸 The method processes two ore types — saprolite and limonite — in one system, unlike... traditional methods that handle only one 🔸The approach uses a modified Caron process, avoiding energy-heavy pyrometallurgy 🔸 The technology has already passed laboratory and semi-industrial tests, with ore batches ranging from tens to hundreds of kilograms successfully processed The breakthrough could help Indonesia dominate the global nickel supply chain for electric vehicle batteries — while reducing waste from mining and processing.show more

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Joe Chrono2 months ago

Innovation is how resource-rich countries move up the value chain.

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Percuma mau sekaya apa indonesia, banyak tikusnya.

Rakyat Miris2 months ago

Ura... Time for global south to rise.. But need to stop the corruptions first, other wise will just make the rats fatter...

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Chinese companies are wrecking havoc on Indonesia, this time on its crucial mining industry 🇮🇩🇨🇳 > Indonesia has largest nickel reserves globally, but the processing is done by Chinese > When they demanded Chinese companies give them the tech to start their own processing, they instead dismantled equipment and shipped them back to China > Now Indonesians are begging Indian companies to come and do the work > Indonesia itself is importing nickel from the Philippines now 🇵🇭 Many here start twerking over paper stats without having basic knowledge of how economies work > Indonesia economy is almost entirely run by an elite of Chinese Indonesians in collaboration with China > Following RCEP, cheap Chinese goods have flooded their market destroying their manufacturing as well > Life aspirations are so low that people are leaving the country in large numbers now

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It would take 3.7 trillion pounds of materials to generate half of U.S. electricity with 1,095,000 2 MW wind turbines. Each turbine requires 1,671 tons of material: 1,300 tons concrete, 295 tons steel, 48 tons iron, 24 tons fiberglass, 4 tons copper, 0.4 tons neodymium, and 0.065 tons dysprosium, replaced every 15-20 years. Mining and ore processing, is the second most polluting industry in the world, releasing acid rain and heavy metals into land, water, and air. Extracting and processing dispersed minerals consumes significant fossil fuel energy. Billions more tons of materials are needed for transmission, power plants, and utility-scale batteries, also replaced every 15-20 years. The green energy dream remains just that—a dream.

It would take 3.7 trillion pounds of materials to generate half of U.S. electricity with 1,095,000 2 MW wind turbines. Each turbine requires 1,671 tons of material: 1,300 tons concrete, 295 tons steel, 48 tons iron, 24 tons fiberglass, 4 tons copper, 0.4 tons neodymium, and 0.065 tons dysprosium, replaced every 15-20 years. Mining and ore processing, is the second most polluting industry in the world, releasing acid rain and heavy metals into land, water, and air. Extracting and processing dispersed minerals consumes significant fossil fuel energy. Billions more tons of materials are needed for transmission, power plants, and utility-scale batteries, also replaced every 15-20 years. The green energy dream remains just that—a dream.

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🚨🇺🇸🇨🇳 U.S. UNDERSEA NIGHTMARE: CHINA RACING FOR SUBMARINES + SEABED GOLD Trump heads to Beijing next week as US experts panic. China just hit a major breakthrough in deep-sea mining tech — robots, pumps and smart systems that pull minerals from 4,000+ meter depths — while building advanced nuclear submarines. This combo threatens America’s naval power and control over battery metals for EVs and renewables. 🔸 China closing the gap fast on US undersea dominance with modern subs and dual-use mining robots that also boost underwater spying. 🔸 Massive seabed riches: Clarion-Clipperton Zone alone holds 21 billion tonnes of nodules — including 274 million tonnes nickel (6x land reserves) and 29 million tonnes cobalt (3x land reserves.) 🔸 Trump bypassed UN rules via executive order to rush US seabed mining after China restricted rare earths. 🔸 Battery metal boom: Nickel demand for EVs jumps from 200,000 tonnes (2023) to 1.3 million tonnes by 2030 — China’s refining dominance + new mining tech gives it huge leverage. 🔸 China holds 5 International Seabed Authority exploration contracts, operates at 4,000m+ depths, and developed smart pump-pipeline systems for harsh ocean conditions since the 1980s. Do you think the U.S. has lost its technological edge in subsea technology?

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🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON IN PANIC: CHINA TESTS SHAPE-SHIFTING HYPERSONIC RAMJET ENGINE China has pulled off a major hypersonic breakthrough by ground-testing a variable-geometry Ramjet that reshapes its own internal airflow channel in flight — much like a throat tightening and relaxing — and runs continuously from Mach 1.8 all the way to Mach 6 without leaking superheated gases or needing a heavy rocket booster to get started. 🔸 Chinese engineers solved the decades-old problem of creating reliable airtight seals for moving parts inside variable-geometry Ramjets, a challenge that caused severe gas leaks at extreme heat and speed and led most countries to abandon the design entirely. 🔸 The engine’s combustion chamber throat adjusted itself in just one-third of a second while inhaling gases at 1,650 degrees Celsius, delivering stable performance across a wide speed range that previously required separate boosters and added cost and complexity. 🔸 The graphite seal used in the Chinese breakthrough is the same one the US defense industry desperately needs. The US defense industry, now faces vulnerabilities in its graphite supply chains – material critical for missile nose tips, rocket nozzles, stealth coatings, and nuclear reactor components. 🔸 China produces nearly 80 percent of the world’s graphite, including the high-purity grades needed for aerospace, and restricted exports of the material to the United States starting in late 2024. 🔸 Washington has invoked the Defense Production Act to fund domestic and allied graphite mining while Europe pushes similar efforts under its Critical Raw Materials Act, yet building new supply chains from scratch is expected to take a decade or more. Do you think U.S. engines can catch up with Chinese technology?

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Amazing documentary from Sweden showcasing how they made iron from raw clay they harvest in a bog. This method is how they made raw materials for tools, weapons and export from the early iron age until the industrial revolution! The first step is to dig up clay rich in iron ore from a bog. The clay is left to dry in piles and then transported to a foundry nearby the bog. At the foundry the first step is the roast the raw material. This is to remove moisture and biological material. The temperature of the fire is around 500-600°C but not higher since the material should not melt yet. This shrinks the raw material to 50% of it's original mass, sometimes to a third of it's original mass. This process takes 2-4 hours. As this happens the men prepare the foundry. In a stone clad hole in the ground with an air vent at the bottom firewood is stacked. When this is lit on fire the men takes careful precautions to not allow it to burn up completely. After an hour the firewood is turned into charcoal used to turn the now refined iron ore into iron ingots. The roasted iron ore is placed into the bed of coal will sink slowly sink to the bottom of the pit as the coal burn with a temperature in-between 1200-1400°C, the men peak into the airhole at the foundry and can tell from the colour of the temperature is correct or if they need to adjust it. The bellows blows 350L of air into the foundry per turn and the entire process takes up to four hours. The lump of iron is still full of slag and byproduct. To remove this its beaten with a hammer on site. At a smiths workshop a smith continue to hammer our out the byproducts until it's refined enough for production! In the forests there are many traces of iron ore refinement. The foundry's can still be found in good condition even if they have not been in use for over 500 years and traces of slag and byproduct still litter the ground.

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Today, China successfully launched two hyperspectral satellites, "Oriental Smart Eye" (OSE), using a "Smart Dragon-3" rocket from a sea platform located near the city of Haikou. Equipped with advanced hyperspectral imaging systems and integrated artificial intelligence processors, these satellites can analyze land, water, vegetation, and minerals directly in orbit, reducing data processing time from days to minutes, according to the Chinese state-run news agency "Xinhua." The agency also noted that together, they provide global coverage every five days and will be used for environmental monitoring, agriculture, and emergency management, including crop monitoring projects in Indonesia and Uzbekistan.

Today, China successfully launched two hyperspectral satellites, "Oriental Smart Eye" (OSE), using a "Smart Dragon-3" rocket from a sea platform located near the city of Haikou. Equipped with advanced hyperspectral imaging systems and integrated artificial intelligence processors, these satellites can analyze land, water, vegetation, and minerals directly in orbit, reducing data processing time from days to minutes, according to the Chinese state-run news agency "Xinhua." The agency also noted that together, they provide global coverage every five days and will be used for environmental monitoring, agriculture, and emergency management, including crop monitoring projects in Indonesia and Uzbekistan.

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🚨🇷🇺 The West’s trembling: Russia can now control drones from anywhere in the world The Russian military has taken a quiet but decisive step forward. Supercam reconnaissance drones are now operated remotely from THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS away. 🔸 Global remote control A new control system allows operators to manage drones from virtually anywhere in the world. Telemetry and live video are transmitted in real time over a secure channel, with minimal signal delay. The system has already been combat-tested and is in active use. 🔸 Operators removed from the battlefield Drone pilots and payload operators no longer work near the front. Only a small technical team remains in the combat zone to handle launch and recovery. This sharply reduces exposure to precision strikes and significantly increases CREW SURVIVABILITY. 🔸 Minimal footprint at the launch site Only an antenna and a communications module are deployed in the flight area. If the position is compromised, the enemy gains no access to critical system components. Trained technicians can deploy or dismantle the site in minutes. In effect, reconnaissance drone control is shifting to a REMOTE WARFARE MODEL. Losses are reduced, vulnerability drops, and operational flexibility increases. Mass deployment is likely only a matter of time. And judging by current trends, this shift already looks IRREVERSIBLE. If drones can be controlled from Moscow, no part of the West is actually untouchable now?

🚨🇷🇺 The West’s trembling: Russia can now control drones from anywhere in the world The Russian military has taken a quiet but decisive step forward. Supercam reconnaissance drones are now operated remotely from THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS away. 🔸 Global remote control A new control system allows operators to manage drones from virtually anywhere in the world. Telemetry and live video are transmitted in real time over a secure channel, with minimal signal delay. The system has already been combat-tested and is in active use. 🔸 Operators removed from the battlefield Drone pilots and payload operators no longer work near the front. Only a small technical team remains in the combat zone to handle launch and recovery. This sharply reduces exposure to precision strikes and significantly increases CREW SURVIVABILITY. 🔸 Minimal footprint at the launch site Only an antenna and a communications module are deployed in the flight area. If the position is compromised, the enemy gains no access to critical system components. Trained technicians can deploy or dismantle the site in minutes. In effect, reconnaissance drone control is shifting to a REMOTE WARFARE MODEL. Losses are reduced, vulnerability drops, and operational flexibility increases. Mass deployment is likely only a matter of time. And judging by current trends, this shift already looks IRREVERSIBLE. If drones can be controlled from Moscow, no part of the West is actually untouchable now?

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.Duolingo's streaks feature is one of the best designed, most clever, and also most impactful growth features ever created. It's the single biggest driver of Duolingo's growth to a $14 billion business, and is endlessly copied by other startups. This one feature has created billions of dollars in value, and continues to pay dividends. In a new series, I go behind the product to understand how the most important products and product features came to be—the origin story, how it evolved, how the team and processes are set up, the biggest lessons and wrong turns along the way, and more. In today's episode, I sit down with, Jackson Shuttleworth, Group PM at Duolingo, who leads the retention team and the powerful streak feature. In our conversation, we dive deep into: 🔸 The evolution of the streak feature 🔸 Biggest wins and misses from 600+ experiments 🔸 Keys to building a streaks mechanic in your product 🔸 Tips for building engaging notification systems 🔸 How to build a high-velocity product team 🔸 Much more Listen now 👇 • YouTube: • Spotify: • Apple: Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting the podcast: 🏆 pendo.io — The only all-in-one product experience platform for any type of application: 🏆 Vanta — Automate compliance. Simplify security: 🏆Coda (Superhuman Docs) — The all-in-one collaborative workspace:

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🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON IN PANIC: CHINA'S AI TURNS DAYS OF AIR-WAR PLANNING INTO MINUTES China has revealed details of an intelligent planning system already used by the PLA Air Force to organize large-scale air operations. It can turn hundreds of targets and dozens of formations into a coordinated attack plan within minutes — work that previously took military staffs several days. 🔸 Developed by a team led by senior engineer Deng Jianping, the system uses intelligent algorithms to screen targets, allocate firepower, connect attack chains and calculate the timing of successive strike waves. 🔸 During full-process testing, it completed the planning work three times faster than required while exceeding the coordination-accuracy target by 20%. 🔸 The decisive field test came in 2022 at a high-altitude training area. More than 100 tactical units executed a coordinated strike with timing accurate to a single second. 🔸 Synchronization allows different weapons to reach radars, airfields, missile batteries and command posts almost simultaneously, denying the defender time to warn other units, relocate assets or reorganize the surviving network. 🔸 The system also compresses the gap between intelligence and attack. New targets can be added, weapons reassigned and strike sequences rebuilt within minutes instead of forcing planners to repeat a days-long process. 🔸 In a conflict around Taiwan, China could use the software to coordinate aircraft, drones, missiles and electronic-warfare assets against airfields, radar stations, air defenses, communications nodes and headquarters in one opening assault. More than 100 dispersed tactical units can now be organized to hit different targets at the same second. Taiwan’s defenses would have to detect, identify and engage the entire attack before the first damaged radar or command centre drops out of the network. Which targets would China hit first: airfields, radars, missile batteries or command centres?

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NewRulesGeopolitics

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$🚨🇨🇳 GAME OVER FOR U.S. NAVY: CHINA’S RAILGUN NOW HAS WORKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM For decades the problem inside an electromagnetic rail gun was simple: any guidance chip would be crushed by 20,000g forces and fried by a 7-tesla magnetic storm before it could steer. China just proved that barrier has been shattered. 🔸 Chinese prototype survived 20,000g overload and 7T magnetic pulse in a real rail gun firing test — first open-source proof that a full guidance system endured the launch. 🔸 Multi-layer protective cocoon (copper, iron, polyurethane impedance layers & mu-metal) was optimized via NSGA-II genetic algorithm, delivering a 71.4% shielding boost. 🔸 US Navy already shelved its naval rail gun after failing to crack guidance survival; Japan’s version remains small-calibre and limited to short-range defense. 🔸 Built-in “brain” now enables cheap hypersonic rounds to self-correct mid-flight and strike moving targets hundreds of km away at a fraction of missile cost. 🔸 Taiyuan team’s breakthrough shifts rail guns from lab curiosities toward potential war-winners — though ship power, sustained fire rates and full-range performance remain unproven. Do you think the U.S. could catch up to China's technology? Follow to keep up with the latest military and technological trends.$

🚨🇨🇳 GAME OVER FOR U.S. NAVY: CHINA’S RAILGUN NOW HAS WORKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM For decades the problem inside an electromagnetic rail gun was simple: any guidance chip would be crushed by 20,000g forces and fried by a 7-tesla magnetic storm before it could steer. China just proved that barrier has been shattered. 🔸 Chinese prototype survived 20,000g overload and 7T magnetic pulse in a real rail gun firing test — first open-source proof that a full guidance system endured the launch. 🔸 Multi-layer protective cocoon (copper, iron, polyurethane impedance layers & mu-metal) was optimized via NSGA-II genetic algorithm, delivering a 71.4% shielding boost. 🔸 US Navy already shelved its naval rail gun after failing to crack guidance survival; Japan’s version remains small-calibre and limited to short-range defense. 🔸 Built-in “brain” now enables cheap hypersonic rounds to self-correct mid-flight and strike moving targets hundreds of km away at a fraction of missile cost. 🔸 Taiyuan team’s breakthrough shifts rail guns from lab curiosities toward potential war-winners — though ship power, sustained fire rates and full-range performance remain unproven. Do you think the U.S. could catch up to China's technology? Follow to keep up with the latest military and technological trends.

NewRulesGeopolitics

16,467 views • 3 months ago

THE BY-PRODUCT TRAP: WHY SILVER CANNOT ESCAPE THE FATE OF ZINC AND COPPER MINES Precious metals expert Ernst Gratz reveals the dangerous trap that has silver supply locked to the fortunes of base metals. Nearly eighty percent of silver emerges as a byproduct from copper, zinc, and lead mining operations around the world. When those mines face economic pressure, declining ore grades, or regulatory shutdowns, silver production suffers immediate and lasting damage with almost no ability to ramp up quickly. This sets the stage for a major supply crunch precisely as demand from the energy transition accelerates. THE BY-PRODUCT TRAP ➡️ The biggest mistake many analysts make is ignoring the mining reality behind silver supply. ➡️ They assume that if silver prices rise we can simply produce more. ➡️ That thinking is completely wrong because almost eighty percent of silver comes as a byproduct from base metal mines. ➡️ No company opens a giant zinc mine just because the silver price looks attractive. THE MINE CLOSURE CASCADE ➡️ When the global economy weakens and zinc or lead prices fall, unprofitable mines get mothballed or closed. ➡️ The resulting shortage of silver acts as pure collateral damage for the entire precious metals market. ➡️ Declining ore grades in mature mines across South America automatically cut silver output. ➡️ Protests, environmental regulations, and tax disputes in top producers Mexico and Peru deliver immediate global supply shocks. THE DEMAND EXPLOSION ➡️ The energy transition drives gigantic silver demand, led by AI, electric vehicles, electronics, and more. ➡️ At the same time supply stays extremely rigid and inelastic. ➡️ New standalone silver mines remain rare and take five to ten years to reach production due to permitting and environmental rules. THE RECYCLING LIFELINE ➡️ World silver recycling has risen above two hundred million ounces for the first time since 2012, roughly six thousand four hundred tons. ➡️ Yet projections show demand climbing to eighty thousand tons by 2032. ➡️ Even with higher recycling the supply gap will persist because primary output remains tied to base metals. THE 2025 TO 2027 PRODUCTION HITS ➡️ Newmont's Benaskitoine operation recorded a ten percent decline in zinc concentrate output from falling ore grades. ➡️ The Red DOP mine suffered a sixteen percent production drop in 2025 with more steep declines forecast. ➡️ Glencore's Antamina mine expects over two hundred fifty thousand tons less zinc concentrate in 2026. ➡️ Millions of ounces of potential byproduct silver will stay in the ground as primary zinc mines throttle output. THE BOTTOM LINE Silver supply faces a structural bottleneck that cannot adjust quickly to surging demand from the energy transition and advanced technologies. Primary physical mining combined with recycling will ultimately set the true value, rewarding those who hold silver through the coming shortage. This is the sound of a market waking up to its own structural fragility. #SilverSupplyCrisis #ByProductTrap #BaseMetalMines #SilverDemand #MiningClosures #PreciousMetals #EnergyTransition HT: YouTube Ernst Gratz

THE BY-PRODUCT TRAP: WHY SILVER CANNOT ESCAPE THE FATE OF ZINC AND COPPER MINES Precious metals expert Ernst Gratz reveals the dangerous trap that has silver supply locked to the fortunes of base metals. Nearly eighty percent of silver emerges as a byproduct from copper, zinc, and lead mining operations around the world. When those mines face economic pressure, declining ore grades, or regulatory shutdowns, silver production suffers immediate and lasting damage with almost no ability to ramp up quickly. This sets the stage for a major supply crunch precisely as demand from the energy transition accelerates. THE BY-PRODUCT TRAP ➡️ The biggest mistake many analysts make is ignoring the mining reality behind silver supply. ➡️ They assume that if silver prices rise we can simply produce more. ➡️ That thinking is completely wrong because almost eighty percent of silver comes as a byproduct from base metal mines. ➡️ No company opens a giant zinc mine just because the silver price looks attractive. THE MINE CLOSURE CASCADE ➡️ When the global economy weakens and zinc or lead prices fall, unprofitable mines get mothballed or closed. ➡️ The resulting shortage of silver acts as pure collateral damage for the entire precious metals market. ➡️ Declining ore grades in mature mines across South America automatically cut silver output. ➡️ Protests, environmental regulations, and tax disputes in top producers Mexico and Peru deliver immediate global supply shocks. THE DEMAND EXPLOSION ➡️ The energy transition drives gigantic silver demand, led by AI, electric vehicles, electronics, and more. ➡️ At the same time supply stays extremely rigid and inelastic. ➡️ New standalone silver mines remain rare and take five to ten years to reach production due to permitting and environmental rules. THE RECYCLING LIFELINE ➡️ World silver recycling has risen above two hundred million ounces for the first time since 2012, roughly six thousand four hundred tons. ➡️ Yet projections show demand climbing to eighty thousand tons by 2032. ➡️ Even with higher recycling the supply gap will persist because primary output remains tied to base metals. THE 2025 TO 2027 PRODUCTION HITS ➡️ Newmont's Benaskitoine operation recorded a ten percent decline in zinc concentrate output from falling ore grades. ➡️ The Red DOP mine suffered a sixteen percent production drop in 2025 with more steep declines forecast. ➡️ Glencore's Antamina mine expects over two hundred fifty thousand tons less zinc concentrate in 2026. ➡️ Millions of ounces of potential byproduct silver will stay in the ground as primary zinc mines throttle output. THE BOTTOM LINE Silver supply faces a structural bottleneck that cannot adjust quickly to surging demand from the energy transition and advanced technologies. Primary physical mining combined with recycling will ultimately set the true value, rewarding those who hold silver through the coming shortage. This is the sound of a market waking up to its own structural fragility. #SilverSupplyCrisis #ByProductTrap #BaseMetalMines #SilverDemand #MiningClosures #PreciousMetals #EnergyTransition HT: YouTube Ernst Gratz

Mark

46,328 views • 2 months ago

🚨🇨🇳 WEST IN PANIC: CHINA JOINS ELITE CLUB IN ADVANCED TURBINE BLADE TECHNOLOGY If the aero-engine is the pearl of modern industry, the single-crystal turbine blade is the diamond atop it. China has now mastered the complete technology chain — from materials, Research and Development, and precision casting to full engineering application — joining just 5 nations total: US, UK, Russia, France, and now China. 🔸 China’s DD6 single-crystal superalloy features 100% domestic IP and matches or exceeds 2nd-generation Western alloys while delivering significantly lower production costs. 🔸 These blades now power advanced fighter jets, helicopters, and civil aircraft, providing higher thrust, lower fuel consumption, and superior performance under extreme temperatures and pressure. 🔸 The full manufacturing chain spans over 10 major core processes — each with dozens of precise sub-steps — all now fully indigenous after closing decades of technological gaps. 🔸 This breakthrough saves China massive strategic resources and establishes new benchmarks for engine reliability and service life. Do you think the West can stop China's technological progress?

🚨🇨🇳 WEST IN PANIC: CHINA JOINS ELITE CLUB IN ADVANCED TURBINE BLADE TECHNOLOGY If the aero-engine is the pearl of modern industry, the single-crystal turbine blade is the diamond atop it. China has now mastered the complete technology chain — from materials, Research and Development, and precision casting to full engineering application — joining just 5 nations total: US, UK, Russia, France, and now China. 🔸 China’s DD6 single-crystal superalloy features 100% domestic IP and matches or exceeds 2nd-generation Western alloys while delivering significantly lower production costs. 🔸 These blades now power advanced fighter jets, helicopters, and civil aircraft, providing higher thrust, lower fuel consumption, and superior performance under extreme temperatures and pressure. 🔸 The full manufacturing chain spans over 10 major core processes — each with dozens of precise sub-steps — all now fully indigenous after closing decades of technological gaps. 🔸 This breakthrough saves China massive strategic resources and establishes new benchmarks for engine reliability and service life. Do you think the West can stop China's technological progress?

NewRulesGeopolitics

15,507 views • 3 months ago

🚨🇷🇺 NATO'S NIGHTMARE: RUSSIA UNVEILS SWARM DRONE KILLER SYSTEM Rostec has successfully tested a breakthrough swarm technology that lets ONE operator control up to 10 strike drones in perfect sync. Built on the Supercam platform with upgraded data links, these UAVs now automatically exchange target intel in real time and use neural nets to ID threats and assign roles. 🔸 Single operator commands 10 loitering munitions that hunt as an intelligent pack — massive leap in efficiency and manpower savings. 🔸 Drones barrage over the area in search mode; the first to detect a target instantly shares coordinates with every unit in the swarm. 🔸 Neural network auto-identifies threats, sets attack sequence, and designates one drone for objective control — operator only confirms the kill before the full group strikes. 🔸 Swarm specifically engineered to overwhelm enemy PVO and deliver concentrated fire on the most complex, hardened targets with guaranteed destruction. 🔸 Direct counter to recent expert warnings that Russia was falling behind in UAV development — now fast-tracking full swarm integration into its recon-strike network. What can NATO do to counter this?

🚨🇷🇺 NATO'S NIGHTMARE: RUSSIA UNVEILS SWARM DRONE KILLER SYSTEM Rostec has successfully tested a breakthrough swarm technology that lets ONE operator control up to 10 strike drones in perfect sync. Built on the Supercam platform with upgraded data links, these UAVs now automatically exchange target intel in real time and use neural nets to ID threats and assign roles. 🔸 Single operator commands 10 loitering munitions that hunt as an intelligent pack — massive leap in efficiency and manpower savings. 🔸 Drones barrage over the area in search mode; the first to detect a target instantly shares coordinates with every unit in the swarm. 🔸 Neural network auto-identifies threats, sets attack sequence, and designates one drone for objective control — operator only confirms the kill before the full group strikes. 🔸 Swarm specifically engineered to overwhelm enemy PVO and deliver concentrated fire on the most complex, hardened targets with guaranteed destruction. 🔸 Direct counter to recent expert warnings that Russia was falling behind in UAV development — now fast-tracking full swarm integration into its recon-strike network. What can NATO do to counter this?

NewRulesGeopolitics

18,182 views • 5 months ago

Two mining stories are trending in South Africa right now, and only one of them tells you the truth about this industry. Story one: a chrome contractor from Rustenburg started with 38 workers in 2018. Seven years later he's running 2,500 people and moving 200,000 tonnes of ore a month for one of the majors. Ordinary South Africans see the Volvo fleet, the growth numbers, and the tender questions swirling around him, and it feels massive. It feels like proof that anyone can break into mining and get rich fast. Story two: while that story was trending, Gold Fields quietly banked around R95 billion in revenue for 2024. One company. One year. The industry those old houses sit inside made R865.8 billion in total mineral sales last year, up from R302 billion in 2010. It employs almost 470,000 people directly and feeds close to 1.9 million more through their wages. That's the part nobody screenshots. The new player everyone's talking about is real, and the hustle is real. But next to mining houses that have compounded wealth for a century, it's still small change. Scale in mining isn't built in seven years. It's built in generations. The loud story gets the attention. The quiet one gets the money.

Two mining stories are trending in South Africa right now, and only one of them tells you the truth about this industry. Story one: a chrome contractor from Rustenburg started with 38 workers in 2018. Seven years later he's running 2,500 people and moving 200,000 tonnes of ore a month for one of the majors. Ordinary South Africans see the Volvo fleet, the growth numbers, and the tender questions swirling around him, and it feels massive. It feels like proof that anyone can break into mining and get rich fast. Story two: while that story was trending, Gold Fields quietly banked around R95 billion in revenue for 2024. One company. One year. The industry those old houses sit inside made R865.8 billion in total mineral sales last year, up from R302 billion in 2010. It employs almost 470,000 people directly and feeds close to 1.9 million more through their wages. That's the part nobody screenshots. The new player everyone's talking about is real, and the hustle is real. But next to mining houses that have compounded wealth for a century, it's still small change. Scale in mining isn't built in seven years. It's built in generations. The loud story gets the attention. The quiet one gets the money.

MR. HiMSELF

109,167 views • 1 month ago

🚨🇨🇳🇺🇸PENTAGON IN PANIC MODE: CHINA WILL MATCH U.S. NAVAL POWER BY THE 2030s America is showing off its huge navy in the Iran war — with 20 warships, 3 aircraft carriers, and over 100 daily strikes from far away. But China is watching — and saying: "That's exactly how NOT to do it." Beijing is following the same global strength, but smarter. 🔸 The US Navy is the only fleet today that can sustain months-long, high-intensity operations thousands of km from home bases — China is rapidly closing that gap. 🔸 China is expanding its fleet with new aircraft carriers, helicopter carriers, and large landing ships specifically designed for operations far beyond Taiwan. 🔸 By the early 2030s, China will be ready for complex missions like supporting friendly countries with sea and air forces — according to expert Sidharth Kaushal of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI.) 🔸 Key challenges remain: the “first island chain” (Japan-Taiwan-Philippines) blocks easy access to the open ocean, only one overseas base in Djibouti, and a remaining lag in quiet nuclear-powered attack submarines. 🔸 China is investing in big manned warships as essential command centers for drones, lasers, railguns, and energy weapons — plus they handle real-world diplomatic tasks like boarding ships to control sea routes 🔸 Instead of copying the US model, China is carefully analyzing its weaknesses: vulnerable carriers, heavy reliance on complex supply lines, and the steep political price of endless global missions. 🔸 This is shaping a smarter alternative strategy — prioritizing strong regional dominance supported by advanced tech, drone swarms, and asymmetric tools rather than pure worldwide power projection. Do you think China will have a powerful global naval presence by 2030?

🚨🇨🇳🇺🇸PENTAGON IN PANIC MODE: CHINA WILL MATCH U.S. NAVAL POWER BY THE 2030s America is showing off its huge navy in the Iran war — with 20 warships, 3 aircraft carriers, and over 100 daily strikes from far away. But China is watching — and saying: "That's exactly how NOT to do it." Beijing is following the same global strength, but smarter. 🔸 The US Navy is the only fleet today that can sustain months-long, high-intensity operations thousands of km from home bases — China is rapidly closing that gap. 🔸 China is expanding its fleet with new aircraft carriers, helicopter carriers, and large landing ships specifically designed for operations far beyond Taiwan. 🔸 By the early 2030s, China will be ready for complex missions like supporting friendly countries with sea and air forces — according to expert Sidharth Kaushal of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI.) 🔸 Key challenges remain: the “first island chain” (Japan-Taiwan-Philippines) blocks easy access to the open ocean, only one overseas base in Djibouti, and a remaining lag in quiet nuclear-powered attack submarines. 🔸 China is investing in big manned warships as essential command centers for drones, lasers, railguns, and energy weapons — plus they handle real-world diplomatic tasks like boarding ships to control sea routes 🔸 Instead of copying the US model, China is carefully analyzing its weaknesses: vulnerable carriers, heavy reliance on complex supply lines, and the steep political price of endless global missions. 🔸 This is shaping a smarter alternative strategy — prioritizing strong regional dominance supported by advanced tech, drone swarms, and asymmetric tools rather than pure worldwide power projection. Do you think China will have a powerful global naval presence by 2030?

NewRulesGeopolitics

17,795 views • 4 months ago

This is huge for the commodity sector US minerals and supply chain czar David Copley on the US plans to regain independence: - Mining will get a lot of attention from governments around the world - Mining is a priority area for US national development - Critical minerals in the US are priority no. 1 - The US will continue stockpiling minerals - The US wants to increase profitability in the rare earth space - Over the next few years, the US is going to invest 100s of B in the mining sector - The US wants a roadmap for every mineral vital to its economy This is a game changer for the industry, especially with regard to rare earths. Rare earths aren’t rare, but their mining and processing are very environmentally damaging. Western companies with ESG mandates can’t compete with Chinese counterparts, which don’t face these regulations and also enjoy state subsidies. The result was absolute dominance. China’s subsidized low prices forced Western companies out of business and increased China’s market share to up to 97% of rare earth processing and ~60% of rare earth mining. In the future, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are two pricing schemes for critical minerals: one for China/BRICS and one for the West. This race to regain critical minerals independence will lead to more supply shocks and subsequent price spikes.... creating a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the commodity space. The era of commodities is about to begin

This is huge for the commodity sector US minerals and supply chain czar David Copley on the US plans to regain independence: - Mining will get a lot of attention from governments around the world - Mining is a priority area for US national development - Critical minerals in the US are priority no. 1 - The US will continue stockpiling minerals - The US wants to increase profitability in the rare earth space - Over the next few years, the US is going to invest 100s of B in the mining sector - The US wants a roadmap for every mineral vital to its economy This is a game changer for the industry, especially with regard to rare earths. Rare earths aren’t rare, but their mining and processing are very environmentally damaging. Western companies with ESG mandates can’t compete with Chinese counterparts, which don’t face these regulations and also enjoy state subsidies. The result was absolute dominance. China’s subsidized low prices forced Western companies out of business and increased China’s market share to up to 97% of rare earth processing and ~60% of rare earth mining. In the future, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are two pricing schemes for critical minerals: one for China/BRICS and one for the West. This race to regain critical minerals independence will lead to more supply shocks and subsequent price spikes.... creating a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the commodity space. The era of commodities is about to begin

Lukas Ekwueme

33,756 views • 8 months ago