April 2012
30 posts
# 399....USGS Releases Resource Estimate for... →
“The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates at least 1 million metric tonnes of rare earth element resources within the Khanneshin carbonatite in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. This estimate comes from a 2009-2011 USGS study funded by the Department of Defense’s Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO).
The Khanneshin carbonatite contains a major potential source of light...
# 398....Role of Magnetism in Technology →
“Magnetism applications permeate our whole modern society in its basics of electric power, communications, and information storage. Although the general public is mostly unaware of its role, magnetism has an economic impact of over 1% of the Gross National Product. ”
For 2011, that figure would be 1/100th of $15,319.4 billion.
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# 386....Japanese and Korean firms look to Brazil... →
3 March 2011 Last updated at 02:04 ET
“A consortium of Japanese and South Korean firms are to take a share of a Brazilian rare metal mining company…
Niobium, however, is in a different category, with about three quarters of annual production coming from Brazil and another 7% coming from Canada.
Japan and South Korea are both big users of the rare metals and rare earth elements,...
# 384....China sets up rare earth body to... →
8 April 2012 Last updated at 21:09 ET
“China has set up a rare earth association in a bid to streamline the sector’s development, as it continues to face criticism over its policies.
Beijing has imposed quotas on exports of rare earth elements, a move which its critics say has pushed up prices.
Last month, the US, Japan and the European Union filed a case at the World Trade...
# 379.... Venus & Jupiter in Taurus →
# 378...METHOD
MUSE
Give me eyes to see,
tools to use
and any reason to look….
April 2, 2012
