Chinese Rare Earth Company Strokes Mustache, Cuts Off World's Access to Rare Earths to Inflate Price
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[QUOTE=Glorbo;32919725]Isn't that kind of illegal according to international law?
And even if it isn't, you can't expect to be a dick towards other nations without them pulling a dick move on you.
[editline]23rd October 2011[/editline]
Found a graph demonstrating to you how much control China has over that market-
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Rareearth_production.svg[/img][/QUOTE]
It always means that China will be out of many of them within a couple of decades
Since Graphene has been invented and can be artifically made and has such incredible properties I don't think their grip on this market will count for much eventually
I guess I'll go stock up then
[QUOTE=Glorbo;32919725]Isn't that kind of illegal according to international law?
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So is political assasination and espionage and look, they happen.
Why have I been rated dumb, seriously, artificially making a material that is one atom thick and is 200 times stronger than steel and extremely conductive is impressive, it's likely that it'll pave the way for more artificial materials that can replace rare-earth's which really mess up the environment in their extraction.
[QUOTE=Ihazard;32920612]Why have I been rated dumb, seriously, artificially making a material that is one atom thick and is 200 times stronger than steel and extremely conductive is impressive, it's likely that it'll pave the way for more artificial materials that can replace rare-earth's which really mess up the environment in their extraction.[/QUOTE]
Because we can't manufacture it at a rate where it's financially viable to replace said metals.
Gonna take some time before it reaches that point.
[QUOTE=Van-man;32920916]Because we can't manufacture it at a rate where it's financially viable to replace said metals.
Gonna take some time before it reaches that point.[/QUOTE]
True but at least it's a start, I'm sure as more research into it is done or as general technology advances that it'll become more viable to produce for industry, well at least I hope so
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