Congress Holds Hearings on Unobtainium

The House Committee on Science and Technology’s investigations and oversight panel is holding a hearing today on rare-earth metal supplies, focusing on China’s near-monopoly on the stuff.

[www.wired.com]

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@BullfightsOnAcid: "As a recent LiveScience story points out, U.S.-based Molycorp Minerals has to ship rare earths to China for final separation."

Maybe we should, Oh I don't know, learn to do it our selves. Create jobs, limit foreign dependency.



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