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Maslin: Copy-pasting Chinese manufacturing methods to the US will fail
“If you're just copying and pasting China into the United States and trying to build a manufacturing business around that, you are doomed. You will absolutely fail because when you think about the unit economics, labor costs, Environmental regulations. Permits.…”
John Maslin Aug 11, 2025 ▶ 32:16 How The Rarest Company On Earth Raised $75M from Altimeter · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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Maslin: Magnet manufacturing cannot simply be turnkey push-button automated
“This is very sophisticated, advanced manufacturing. People tend to think this is buy a piece of equipment, press a button, make a magnet. That is not the case. You need to understand how every step is coupled to the next, and you need to make sure that your ra…”
John Maslin Aug 11, 2025 ▶ 18:48 How The Rarest Company On Earth Raised $75M from Altimeter · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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Maslin: U.S. rare earth industry needs multiple 10,000-ton facilities
“That said, we need several 10,000 ton facilities. We need several companies going and creating competition and innovating and doing this better and faster and cheaper.”
John Maslin Aug 11, 2025 ▶ 23:31 How The Rarest Company On Earth Raised $75M from Altimeter · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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