And if Australia at the behest of its USAmerican master decides to pull the plug:
Xiong also pointed out that China has newly discovered 85,000 tons of zircon resources and over 1,000 tons of hafnium resources, laying an important resource foundation for industries such as electronics, nuclear energy, aerospace, and healthcare.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202501/1326871.shtml
And…
The deposit has a potential mineral reserve of more than 2 million tons of zircon, four times China’s current total reserves
https://inf.news/en/science/2402c6f2ad87fc2e01f95b737177a856.html
I’m not sure if the tonnage reflects sand or extracted metal weight.
You have to take into account conversion rates though because that 1,000 tons of hafnium is actually only 500 tons of fulnium.
yes, but it’s also 2000 tons of quartenium
