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Monday, August 08, 2011

#MATERIALS: "Rare Earths Getting Rarer"

Intematix has solved the problem with rare earth scarcity by moving its production to China, for now, and developing alternatives to rare earths in its manufacturing plant in the U.S.


The irony about rare earths is that they are not that rare, its just that the only operating mines, right now, at in China. Eventually, the U.S., Canada, Australia and many other sites in Asia and Europe will open but for the next five year price gouging and hoarding are likely to run rampant...

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