They have also bought the mineral rights (or in some cases hired mercenaries to seize) rare earth metal mines in other countries, cornering another 25% of the market worldwide.
This will bite us someday. And it will bite other countries (who don't actually own their own rare earth metal mines like we do) a lot sooner than someday. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > China produces 98% of the world's "Rare Earth" minerals used for technology > manufacturing, and isn't playing fair. Today the US is doing something > about it... > > > http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-12/u-dot-s-dot-will-ask-for-wto-s-help-to-fight-chinese-curbs-on-rare-earth-exports > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348473 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
