fernando morillo of standard chartered.s is almost completely dependent on china for rare earth. in fact, eve ryo ne china for rare earth. in fact, everyone is. china produces 85—100% of all rare earth metals which are essential to most defence and consumer technology but there is a hill in the west texas desert that contains a lot of these rare earths. samaria hussein met the people who plan to mine and get it to market. here in the far west of texas, 25 kilometres from the mexican border, sits a mountain that has a big stake in the power—play between the us and china. what you see right in front of us is round top mountain. dan gorski is a geologist. in securing the mining rights to round top mountain, he believes his struggle on the big one. it's something you work for your whole career. hidden in the rocks a large amount of annuals known as rare earths, crucial elements for tech gadgets and military weapons. right here is the rock... combined with other mineable elements, this amber mountain could be worth $8 billion. s