The Global Race for Rare Earths

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Uploaded by on Jul 12, 2010

The Bureau for International Reporting travels to Canada's Northwest Territories, the California desert and China to report on a looming supply crunch of rare earth metals, key ingredients to green technology and many defense weapons systems.

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  • @modernhumble as i understood it, it's a device that can scan a rock to give a rough estimate of its chemical composition somehow. they were using it to check core samples for evidence of rare earths.

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  • what is the thing the geologist was using 1:47 in his hands

  • To me, mining is like your kids digging a hole in your living room or punching in the drywall to see what's on the other side. Mining destroys the earth! There is no hidden cure for cancer in this earth and if all your family lives near by you don't need to travel so far, its pretty much the same thing all over the world, some landscapes are prettier than others, but that's it. Recycle as much as possible that helps!

  • This is why i recycle appliances which use rare earths that break down reather then throwing them in the dumps.

  • I think Canada has a great future in REEs

  • To discuss issues related to Rare Earths, search "sustainable scenarios kertechno" and check the website!

  • @anadultmale Very true. Most of us in this country to include myself have been and are still COMPLETELY IGNORANT of this issue. I myself am enlightening myself daily and investing vigorously in other companies before Wall Street and the Bankers catch on.

  • If people were listening to this message, the hits on this would be in the thousands. So Molycorp went public @ 14 dollars it's now at $23. When will the real money chase the stocks of Rare Earth miners? Well it has already. Most stock have moved 50% from the time of this video. One of those stocks has trippled. We waited to long to dig up our REE, so now we will pay.

  • Keep the Chinese out of the North American Continent from getting supplies that they will use against the US and Canada in the future in future high-technology weaponry and all forms of weapons systems.

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