Terra Magnetica » pollution http://www.terramagnetica.com commentary on permanent magnet materials, devices & systems :: emerging technologies, supply chain issues, industry news & trends. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:58:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How do We Deal With The Pollution Associated With Chinese Rare Earth Production? http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/12/05/how-do-we-deal-with-the-pollution-associated-with-chinese-rare-earth-production/ http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/12/05/how-do-we-deal-with-the-pollution-associated-with-chinese-rare-earth-production/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:14:00 +0000 Gareth Hatch http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=856 I’ve just finished writing up a new article over at Rare MetalBlog titled “Chinese Rare Earth Production: A Darker Shade of Green?“.  The article discusses a new Sunday Times report on the extensive pollution caused by the mining and production of rare earths in China, and the effects that they’re having on the local people.

It also asks some questions on the lack of an accelerated pace for funding North American rare earth initiatives, and includes one hypothetical situation which, if realized, has the potential to severely disrupt the present rare earth supply chain, long before we can handle such a disruption.

Check the article out, and feel free to leave comments either here or over there, on what you read.

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