Maybe not a zugzwang yet, but rare-earth strategies are getting more complex and riskier. Credit: Wikipedia. It’s been a while since I have addressed strategic materials, but several recent developments…
Read MoreOne of the projects ARPA-E is seeking to fund are alternatives to five key at-risk rare earth elements. Credit: DOE, “Critical Materials Strategy.” The DOE announced today that it is…
Read More(h/t to RareMetalBlog) Two U.S. senators from Alaska and a U.S. representative from Colorado are steamed about what they perceive is the Department of Defense’s lax attitude toward the strategic…
Read MoreChinese rare earth exports, 2009-2011, in metric tons: |  2009/H1: 21,728 tons ||| 2010/H1: 22,282 tons ||| 2011/H1: 14,446 tons |  2009/H2: 28,417 tons 2010/H2: 7,976 tons | 2011/H2: ?…
Read MoreMolycorp’s Mountain Pass mine. Credit: Wikipedia Commons Apparently the DOE’s release of its first Critical Materials Strategy was one in a series of announcements about how various companies and countries…
Read MoreAt the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to write about, or started to investigate or didn’t even get…
Read MoreThe world shouldn’t take China’s rare earth supply for granted, according to a new Bloomberg story. The ministry of commerce of the Asian nation that, effectively, controls much of the market…
Read MoreThis falls into the “must read” category. A few weeks back, I posted on major cuts in China rare earth exports. Science magazine’s Robert F. Service provides more context: “.…
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