Rare earth metals are the key to 21st Century technology: Without them, we wouldn’t have smart phones, hybrid cars or precision weapons. And China, which mines most of the world’s rare earth metals, is weighing a total ban on exports of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium — and may restrict foreign sales of others.[...] Click below to read the full story from the source… China: All Your Rare Earth Metals Belong to Us
Filed under: Hybrid , China , Government/Legal , Alternative Fuel Ever hear of neodymium? How about dysprosium or yttrium? Thulium or lutetium? These are just some of the metals that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is considering either banning the exportation of, or at least severely limiting the amount that it will let leave the country. These precious metals are used in manufacturing new (and sometimes green) technologies, and China wants keep the goods avai
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Rare earth metals are the key to 21st Century technology: Without them, we wouldn’t have smart phones, hybrid cars or precision weapons . And China, which mines most of the world’s rare earth metals, may be starting to catch on to their strategic value. According to this alarming story in U.K. Telegraph , China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is weighing a total ban on exports of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium — and may restrict foreign sales of ot
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Filed under: Hybrid , Green Daily , China Ever hear of neodymium? How about dysprosium or yttrium? Thulium or lutetium? These are just some of the metals that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is considering either banning for export or at least severely limiting the amount that it will let leave the country. These precious metals are used in manufacturing new, sometimes green, technologies, and China wants keep the good available for domestic use. Neodymium
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