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The Documentary Podcast, The scramble for rare earths, part 2

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25 October 2022

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Misha Glenny finds out whether the European Union can end its dependency on China for rare earths and critical raw materials and he discovers that Russia's interest in Ukraine might be partially motivated but the huge mineral deposits there.

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