Trade Battle Brewing Over Rare Minerals (via redOrbit)
A battle is brewing over the global supply of 17 rare earth minerals reports the Associated Press this week. The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints on Tuesday with the World Trade Organization claiming that China has set limits on the export of rare earth minerals. “China…
It’s to bad we don’t have these “rare earth” metals here in the US!
We actually do have several of these in Alaska, but the government (guided by the environmentalists) won\’t let us mine them…