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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: thundley4 on December 15, 2010, 10:09:22 PM

Title: China Raising Export Duties on Rare Earths
Post by: thundley4 on December 15, 2010, 10:09:22 PM

AP article (http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132096036/china-raising-export-duties-on-rare-earths?ft=1&f=1001)

Eh, what do we care about Rare Earths?  Oh wait, with Obama crippling the oil and gas industry, we need those for the alternate forms of energy production.  It looks like Teh Won has found another way to enrich the ChiComs.

Title: Re: China Raising Export Duties on Rare Earths
Post by: NHSparky on December 16, 2010, 07:02:49 AM

My dad worked on the cerium mine up in Mountain Pass, CA (top of the hill on I-15 just over the CA/NV border.)

It has sat idle for a decade because of "environmental concerns."

Title: Re: China Raising Export Duties on Rare Earths
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on December 16, 2010, 11:14:50 AM

Quote from: NHSparky on December 16, 2010, 07:02:49 AM

My dad worked on the cerium mine up in Mountain Pass, CA (top of the hill on I-15 just over the CA/NV border.)

It has sat idle for a decade because of "environmental concerns."

A self-inflicted wound not unique to the mining industry.