An interesting note:
These minerals do not come from China. They come from Africa. Which China has been scooping up and mining heavily for the last 10 years or more.
But if you want them, you have to go see the Chicoms.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1350811/In-China-true-cost-Britains-clean-green-wind-power-experiment-Pollution-disastrous-scale.html