Which Is TRUE Regarding Strategic Minerals

question 145

Multiple Choice

Which is TRUE regarding strategic minerals?

• A) China is the world's largest producer of strategic minerals.
• B) China is the world's largest consumer of strategic minerals.
• C) The world has about 1000 years worth of these minerals at current rates of consumption.
• D) The United States has increasingly depended on imports of these in the past fifty years.
• E) The Middle East is the world's most significant repository of strategic minerals.

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