The recent crackdown on a major rare earth smuggling case has again raised concerns about China's illegal rare earth mining and trading. In November,customs of Baotou City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,the world's ...
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If rare earth metals become even more scarce than they are today, the medical device industry could be impacted in a significant way. But according to a paper published in PNAS (via Ars Technica), not much can be done to overcome a shortage ...
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The patent-pending LED creates a more precise wavelength of UV light than today's commercially available UV LEDs, and runs at much lower voltages and is more compact than other experimental methods for creating precise wavelength UV light. ...
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Cold-call phone scams have switched from traditional sales staples, such as unlisted shares in obscure companies, to novel new get-rich investment options such as land, wine, and lumps of rare earth metals. The Independent reports that ...
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Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) has seen its share price sink to abysmal lows following numerous problems in 2012, leaving the American rare earth producer a highly appealing takeover target. Bloomberg reports that Molycorp, which owns the USA's ...
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Chinese regulators have announced the export quota for the country’s rare earth metal production today. For the first half of 2013, the Ministry of Commerce said that it will allow just over 15,500 tonnes to leave the country. ...
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A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of LED lighting. The Financial Times believes LED technology is reaching a tipping point, ...
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China's strangehold on the global supply of rare earth metals is shaking up diplomatic and trade ties in Asia as rival economies seek alternative sources of the key industrial materials. World Politics Review (paywall) reports that ...
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A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. LED lights are based on semiconductors and therefore do ...
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