Which Is TRUE Regarding Strategic Minerals

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.