China’s not so rare Earth?

Some of us were under the impression that rare earth was rare, and that China had it all. That may not be the real story. This eve, I got a warning from a friend in China, prices of rare earth are on the move!

One word in this email  “ouch” followed by a cut and paste of rare earth price increases as seen below.

rare earth price
rare earth price

 

It sure looks like the stuff is on the rise but why?

Here’s two articles one of our fellow DIYers found and sent along, you might enjoy the read..

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/26980/?nlid=3951

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/27112/?mod=related

there’s more links off this main page..

G

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