U.S. Spends $120M USD to Set up Rare Earth Research Center to Counter China

Dailytech ^ | January 10, 2013 3:30 PM | Jason Mick (Blog)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Rare earth elements plentiful in ocean sediments

[AmericanInTokyo]

If the Red Chinese bitch about it, then I generally will be in support of the concept.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

Seems like a rather puny amount when compared to the amount spent on Global Climate Change / Global Warming "research" and "alarmist " Propaganda

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

http://www.ameslab.gov/

Ames Lab is at iowa State University.

[wizr]

For THAT chump change, I bet it’s a real dump! But, just weight ‘til they get moved in!

It’s gonna be:
Granite counter tops.
Hardwood floors throughout.
Gotta have a top of the line air conditioning unit.
Oh, and a 32 car garage.

[Carriage Hill]

We have REEs here, and it’s restarting production, but tiny in comparison to the Chi-Commies:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/26/rare-earth-metals-us

[wizr]

Weight should be wait.

Or, was that a secret message? Hmmmm?

[factoryrat]

Try prospecting for REE’s, and developing any viable claims. The EPA, BLM, and the forest service, in cahoots with their chinese directed washington masters will shut you down in a heartbeat.

[Marine_Uncle]

And why has the Federal government waited this long. The problem has been known for a number of years.

[CurlyDave]

I have been ready about MolyCorp’s mine in the Mojave Desert for years. They finally got approval to re-open it in 2010.

Where is the product from this mine?

If the need were that critical, they should have been in production in 2011.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks.

[PIF]

Does this mean Obizmo and Salazar are going to permit the reopening of rare earth mines turned into parks under Clinton?

Or just spend a lot of money thinking about rare earths?

[AFret.]

I went to one of their concert’s many years ago..

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Bump.

About time, now bring back some factories.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Probably the later.

So he can say something in the State of the union address.

[Marine_Uncle]

Try not to hold your breath on that idea coming to past in a meaningful way.

[dfwgator]

I found this "Rare Earth" element in a record store

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Those were the days, my friend.

We thought they'd never end.

[CollegeRepublican]

The problem with MolyCorp is that their RRE resources are of the light rare earth variety. They do not have a large percentage of the valuable neo and dysprosium that are used in the most powerful magnets.

Another issue with rare earth mining is radioactive materials. RRE like to be found with uranium and other radioactive elements. This was the original issue with MolyCorps mine in the desert.