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The solution to Britain’s decline is right beneath our feet
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The UK is sitting on a vast, untapped reserve of rare-earth elements such as lithium, tungsten, tin and copper.
Despite decades of industrial decline, we now have a wealth of resources for processing and manufacturing.
The UK can capitalise on a pretty outrageous slice of luck, if this government or the next has the initiative.
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English
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