WTO chief plays down China rare earth row
The head of the World Trade Organization on Friday played down a dispute over China's controls on exports of rare earth minerals, saying it was unlikely to escalate into a trade war.
Mar 16, 2012 |
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WTO action filed on China's rare earth controls
The United States, European Union and Japan teamed up Tuesday to lay assault to China's controls on exports of rare earth minerals, which are crucial in high-tech manufacturing.
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Critical minerals ignite geopolitical storm
The clean energy economy of the future hinges on a lot of things, chief among them the availability of the scores of rare earth elements and other elements used to make everything from photovoltaic panels and cellphone displays ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2011 |
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EARTH: Is there really a minerals crisis?
China sent the high-tech industry and markets reeling last fall when it blocked exports of raw rare earth minerals to Japan, Europe and the U.S. The sudden severing of rare earths supply was a frightening prospect as the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 11, 2011 |
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China plans restructure of rare earths industry
(AP) -- China is giving its biggest, state-owned rare earths miner and producer a monopoly for the northern part of the country in reforms aimed at bringing the strategically important sector that's crucial to advanced manufacturing ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Malaysia reviews safety of rare earth plant
(AP) -- Malaysia said Friday it is appointing international experts to investigate whether a refinery being built by Australian miner Lynas Corp. Ltd. to process rare earth minerals presents any threat of ...
Apr 22, 2011 |
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China to raise rare earths production this year
(AP) -- China said Thursday it will increase this year's production quota for rare earths but gave no sign it might reverse plans to cut exports of the exotic metals needed by high-tech industry.
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Japan nano-tech team creates palladium-like alloy: report
Japanese researchers have created an alloy with properties similar to palladium, a precious metal used in many high-tech goods, a news report said Thursday, dubbing the breakthrough "present-day alchemy".
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 30, 2010 |
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China restarts rare earth shipments to Japan
(AP) -- China resumed exports to Japan of rare earth minerals crucial in high-tech manufacturing after a two-month de facto ban and a Japanese conglomerate announced a major supply deal with an Australian miner that will ...
Nov 24, 2010 |
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China assures Clinton on rare earth exports
(AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday sought and received assurances from China's foreign minister about the country's export of exotic metals key to the global high-tech industry, ...
Oct 30, 2010 |
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US, Japan to diversify sources of rare earths: Japan FM
The United States and Japan will cooperate to diversify the sources of imports of rare earths needed in high-tech products, Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said Wednesday.
Oct 28, 2010 |
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India agrees to long-term supply of rare earths for Japan
Tokyo said Tuesday that India has agreed to provide a stable supply of rare earth minerals to Japan as the high-tech economy looks to diversify sources after a spat with key provider China.
Oct 26, 2010 |
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German auto sector voices concern over rare-earth spat
German industrialists are concerned over supplies of rare earth minerals needed for a wide variety of products after companies said access to the raw materials was restricted by China.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Japan's rare earth minerals may run out by March: govt
Japan's stockpile of rare earth minerals could dry up by March or April without fresh imports from China, which has stopped shipping them, a senior Japanese government official said Thursday.
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Premier: China won't block rare earth exports
(AP) -- China is not using its control over supplies of rare earth - exotic metals crucial in advanced manufacturing - as a diplomatic "bargaining chip," state media quoted Premier Wen Jiabao as saying during ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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