{"id":3141,"date":"2010-02-17T07:20:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T15:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2010-08-03T08:32:40","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T16:32:40","slug":"rare-earth-elements-china-and-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/rare-earth-elements-china-and-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Earth Elements, China, and 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNeodymium Magnet on a Hard Drive<\/em><\/p>\n

COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n

The world is starting to wake up to the fact that China controls 95% or so of the “rare earth elements” and that it may need all it produces by 2012:<\/p>\n

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China ups rare earth reserve<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

Financial Times<\/strong> – Feb 12, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

China’s leading producer of rare earth metals has been given government approval to build a strategic reserve, exacerbating concerns that Beijing is tightening its <\/span>grip on the valuable minerals, needed to produce green and high-technology products.<\/span><\/p>\n

China supplies about<\/strong> <\/span>95 per cent of the global market for rare earths…<\/strong><\/span> <\/span>http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/fe51dd3c-1775-11df-87f6-00144feab49a.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Concern as China clamps down on rare earth exports<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Neodymium is one of 17 metals crucial to green technology. There\u2019s only one snag \u2013 China produces 97% of the world\u2019s supply. And they\u2019re not selling<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/span>http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/concern-as-china-clamps-down-on-rare-earth-exports-1855387.html<\/span><\/a>Our Secret War With China<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

HoweStreet – Feb 11, 2010…<\/span><\/p>\n

Congress…passed the Rare Earth Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2009 (RESTART). Here is a summary of their findings:<\/span><\/p>\n