Gold rush-era discards could fuel cellphones, TVs and possibly Cars.
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[QUOTE]SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Across the West, early miners digging for gold, silver and copper had no idea that one day something else very valuable would be buried in the piles of dirt and rocks they tossed aside. There's a rush in the U.S. to find key components of cellphones, televisions, weapons systems, wind turbines, MRI machines and the regenerative brakes in hybrid cars, and old mine tailings piles just might be the answer. They may contain a group of versatile minerals the periodic table called rare earth elements.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23702859/gold-rush-era-discards-could-fuel-cellphones-tvs[/url]
[url]http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/21/gold-rush-era-discards-could-fuel-cellphones-tvs/2572761/[/url]
California coming through to save the US again. It's like other states aren't even trying
China's going to be pissed that they're being undercut.
Gold rush-discard rush
It has a certain ring to it I guess
[QUOTE=Dr.C;41543338]California coming through to save the US again. It's like other states aren't even trying[/QUOTE]
Most states are trying not to get their debt and gas prices as high as CA
[QUOTE=areolop;41543992]Most states are trying not to get their debt and gas prices as high as CA[/QUOTE]
Or GDP
Nice that we have a pollution free way of getting rare earth elements now, considering they have already been mined. I just hope there is enough to at least undercut China for a bit.
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