kallend 2,184 #1 December 29, 2010 www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-28/china-cuts-first-round-rare-earth-export-quotas-by-11-correct-.html Hmmm - very interesting.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #2 December 29, 2010 Quotewww.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-28/china-cuts-first-round-rare-earth-export-quotas-by-11-correct-.html Hmmm - very interesting. Yes Been following this for about a month going to have to mine more of our own how do you think that will fly?"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dj123 0 #3 December 29, 2010 Quotewww.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-28/china-cuts-first-round-rare-earth-export-quotas-by-11-correct-.html Hmmm - very interesting. Professor, do you have any idea as to what percentage of those materials exported to the US are used in weapons manufacturing? Blue Skies, DJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,184 #4 December 29, 2010 QuoteQuotewww.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-28/china-cuts-first-round-rare-earth-export-quotas-by-11-correct-.html Hmmm - very interesting. Yes Been following this for about a month going to have to mine more of our own how do you think that will fly? Why should there be a problem with the mining? The problem is that China has the bulk of the known sources despite extensive searching in the US. To the best of my knowledge we only have one serious source, the Mountain Pass Mine.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 3 #5 December 29, 2010 Seems to me, it's a good business move on their part. I'm sure we'd be thrilled if we could produce all the oil we need domestically, too; but them's the breaks. I'm just glad I got in on the ground floor with all those Chinese lanthanides futures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #6 December 29, 2010 Yep. As technology evolves, we're using more and more exotic elements to build stuff. Tantalum goes into capacitors, which are in a lot of electronics. Lithium for batteries. Neodymium for magnets, going into HEV motors and the like. Gadolinium and gallium for IC manufacture. Fortunately in most cases we need relatively small quantities, and in many of the higher volume applications (batteries, magnets) recycling is straightforward. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #7 December 29, 2010 QuoteYep. As technology evolves, we're using more and more exotic elements to build stuff. Tantalum goes into capacitors, which are in a lot of electronics. Lithium for batteries. Neodymium for magnets, going into HEV motors and the like. Gadolinium and gallium for IC manufacture. Fortunately in most cases we need relatively small quantities, and in many of the higher volume applications (batteries, magnets) recycling is straightforward. Quote from story: “This is in line with government officials’ comments that we need to protect the environment and resources..." BS - They're the OPEC of rare earths, they know it, and they are doing their damndest to jack up the prices. Recycling will be the way to go. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #8 December 30, 2010 We can always toss some actinides at them. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
