Possibly, it is as Gollum says in The Lord of the Rings , “My Precious” (metals used in electric vehicles, space craft, etc.)

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I spent three challenging years in Moscow during the mid-2000s, when the most recent conflict between Russian and Ukraine, the Orange Revolution, began, as told in my latest memoir:

My University of the World: Adventures of an International Film and Media Maker

Neill McKee, M.S.

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Author’s website:  www.neillmckeeauthor.com/