Showing posts with label rare earths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rare earths. Show all posts
Friday, January 11, 2013

Are Rare Earth Metals The Next Oil?

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The Next Oil?: Rare Earth Metals -- Elliot Brennan, The Diplomat Rare earth metals are quickly becoming the next important strategic re...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Are We About To Fight Wars Over Strategic Metals?

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Is This The Start Of The Element Wars? -- New Scientist Warnings have already surfaced about water wars. Now the prospect of "element w...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Exclusive: Boeing Launches Search For Crucial Rare Earth Elements

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In the movie 'Avatar,' unobtainium is a rare, precious element that triggers an interspecies war. Credit: Twentieth Century Fox From...
Monday, September 13, 2010

With China Clamping Down On Rare-Earth Metals, Japanese Manufacturers Devise Clever Alternatives

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Rare-Earths China produces the vast majority of the world's rare-earth oxides. Wikimedia Commons From Popular Science: If necessity i...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

U.S. Military Supply of Rare Earth Elements Not Secure

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From Live Science: U.S. military technologies such as guided bombs and night vision rely heavily upon rare earth elements supplied by China,...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Shortage of Rare Earth Minerals May Cripple U.S. High-Tech, Scientists Warn Congress

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Rare Earths Rare earth elements form a crucial part of everyday high-tech products. From Popular Science: On the sunnier side, rare earths ...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Congress To Address U.S. Rare Earth Shortage

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From Live Science: Members of Congress introduced a new bill this week that would resurrect the U.S. rare earths supply-chain and create a n...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Precious Metals That Could Save The Planet

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The Rare Earth Research Institute is in Baotou City, above, in the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, China From The Independent: Rare ear...