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Red Alert: How China’s Growing Prosperity Threatens the American Way of Life

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Silk Dragon

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Archipelago

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Arthur Sze has constructed a complicated tapestry of poems informed by his Chinese American heritage, his rich knowledge of American Indian culture, and classical Chinese poetry. Telling you about his background, influences, and ideas falls pretty far short of the mark, though. These poems succeed at the level of execution, in finding just the right words to suggest, say, a Zen sensibility, w…

Talk to an expert: Clint Cox makes the case for rare earth

Clint Cox founded the Anchor House, Inc. in 1995 to focus on situations specific investment. The company has been focused on the research of rare earth industry for more than four years.
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What are the rare earth elements?
In recent years decades, earth elements rare (REE) are moved from obscure scientific novelty to become a key ingredient to a significant portion of high-tech equipment of today. According to Dudley Kingsnorth of IMCO, the current market of rare earth is worth approximately 1.25 to 1.5 billion dollars. In Japan, it is said that "Oil is the blood industry, steel is the bread industry and REE are the vitamins industry. "
Rare earths are used in iPods, cell phones, hybrid cars, wind turbines, energy saving light bulbs, MRIs, computers phones, fiber optics, sonar, RADAR, flat screen TVs, glass polishing, petroleum cracking, and much more. The list of applications is constantly expansion, and for many uses, there is no substitute for being the rare earths. Some areas of highest growth for the rare earth magnets, alloys of high technology, and phosphorus.

The rare earth elements are the lanthanide series of the periodic table and include:

Light Rare Earth Elements (LREE):

* Lanthanum (La)
* Cerium (Ce)
* The praseodymium (Pr)
* Neodymium (Nd)
* Elements of medium Rare Earth (MREE):
* Samarium (Sm)
* Europium (Eu)
Gadolinium * (Gd)
* Heavy rare earths (HREE)
* The terbium (Tb)
* Dysprosium (Dy)
* Holmium (Ho)
* Erbium (Er)
* Thulium (Tm)
* Ytterbium (Yb)
* Lutetium (Lu)

Yttrium (Y) is usually included with the HREEs. Promethium (Pr) is a rare earth, but is seldom included because it is created in nuclear reactions and does not occur in nature.

Note that elements such as gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), indium (In), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), lithium (Li), zirconium (Zr) and hafnium (Hf), tungsten (W) , and rhenium (Re) can fit into the broad category of "rare metals", but are not rare earth elements.

The sector demand for REE praseodymium, neodymium, terbium, dysprosium and is currently driving the market.

Key Factors to watch in 2010

Economy

This may be the most important factor in the market for rare earths. Many people think that economic recovery is underway, but otherwise, the rare earth industry may be adversely affected. The environment of 2009 introduced a conservative drop to the bottom of the market size of rare earths, showing the direct effect that the global economy as a backdrop for the industry.

The reverse is also true, if there is a marked recovery in 2010, the market for rare earths expected to benefit greatly.

Consolidating Chinese

It is essential to be aware of the approach of China's rare earth because it is undisputed epicenter of the market for rare earths. The objective Rees spends U.S. to China in the mid-1990s. Since then, China has dominated the production of rare earths and currently provides about 95% of land rare in the world.

The Chinese are now making real efforts to consolidate the rare earth industry in three separate districts in China:

Bayan Obo * / Baotou
Sichuan *
* South China

Each district will most likely be under the direction of a company, in order to make the industry more efficient and more economically friendly controlled environment. If successful, the new building could significantly affect the ability of China to control the flow of rare earth and who gets priority access to them.

Although most of the conversation around the light of scarce land (LREE) in China revolves around the Bayan Obo and Baotou, Jiangxi Copper Group said they will be hundreds of millions dollars for the development of deposits in Sichuan, and it is still unclear what impact this will have on the market.

The extraction of clay adsorption of ions in the south of China is also undergoing consolidation. There are many, many small mines that have operated over the years very inefficient, often causing damage to the environment and water supply. These operations can be greatly improved, and the Chinese are of significant efforts to do so.

During this consolidation process there may be unexpected shortages because of closings or availability Increased product with new efficiency.

Export quotas of China

Chinese leaders are very aware of the importance Industry ESR in the culture of innovation today, and they currently use a number of strategies to maintain the control over the market. China continues to implement export quotas and raise export tariffs on rare earth pressure on companies Foreign to relocate manufacturing to China so they have access to a guaranteed supply Rees they need. This promotes also significant job growth in China at a time when they desperately need to create jobs for hundreds of million workers.

There was a considerable amount of fun, excitement and controversy surrounding the Chinese quota of rare earth in the second half of 2009. The question was a draft proposal to mention the possibility of restricting the export of certain rare earths. This has created a sensation in the media, with rare earths being immersed in the spotlight and become front page news. However, when the Chinese said they would not restrict exports, as suggested in the draft policy.

Most likely, China will not restrict the export all Rees. In fact, the first block of quota for 2010 has been issued for Chinese companies and they are slightly higher than they were last year. This comes a bit as a surprise to the market, and it seems the fear of China cut the West may have been exaggerated for the moment. However, we are still waiting for the joint venture (foreign entities with a Chinese partner) shares to be released.

Any amendment substantial quotas can have an impact on the market beyond its usual scope as the media focuses more on the story now, and may blow out of proportion, as happened in 2009.

The World of Rare Earth outside of China

Chinese domination led to increased exploration of rare earths outside China. The number of junior exploration companies involved in exploration rare Earth has exploded over the past year to nearly 200. Most of these companies have little idea of the complexity of rare earth on the market or what it takes to get mine a rare earth production, but there are a few companies that are under way with thought and care necessary to provide the possibility of success.

In addition to the junior exploration companies, it is important to note that rare earth End users are also directly involved in course in downstream countries such as Vietnam and Kazakhstan with the hope of finding new rare supply chains Earth to reduce their dependence on China.

For all of these projects, the challenge will be in competition with China on prices, and providing the elements in proportion to what the markets need. Any company that realizes what will be in a very with particular growth potential.

April 1, 2010 Report

Congress will get its first formal look at the industry rare-earth as they have ordered "a report on rare earth materials in the supply chain Ministry of Defence" due on April 1. It is unclear what impact this study will be, or whether it will lead to possible legislation, but it certainly has the potential to be a catalyst for change, at least for the North American market. Depending on its content, and what the next step is it appropriate, may significant impact.

It is also possible that they could delay the report because they do not have much time to understand industry and evaluated based on its strategic mandate.

In addition to its effects on the understanding of Congress, the reaction of media, if any, will be important to watch.

New applications

There is a history of radical shifts in the demand for certain items in rare earths. When color television was invented, europium (Eu) has become the cornerstone of a new industry. When magnets samarium-cobalt were first introduced, samarium became a superstar. Since then, neodymium-iron-boron have catapulted neodymium (Nd) in the spotlight. Dysprosium (Dy) is the current darling of the sector, as used in hybrid capable of operating at high temperatures.

There are thousands of scientists worldwide are working diligently to develop new innovations that use the rare earths. At any time, there may be an announcement such an invention, you can change the orientation of any industry.

REE triennial conference in China called "The 6th Conference International Rare Earth Development and Application "will be a gathering of scientists from all over the world (mainly China) to hear of some recent developments concerning the applications of rare earths.

In addition to new applications, the expansion of current applications can also affect the market. An example is the wind. With the increase of wind energy, demand for Nd and praseodymium (Pr) for turbines over may increase dramatically.

Strangers
There will be unknown circumstances in 2010 that are sure to rock on the land market rare. We will look with eyes wide open, but we'll probably be surprised as everyone else.

Risk & Rare earths

Drawing REE of the earth is a delicate matter. First, a background concentration of Rees stand-alone is this challenge, because there is no way surefire prospect of rare earths. Most new companies claiming to have rare earths are recycling old deposits or locking known occurrences with little more than a grab sample. In addition, companies are also analyzed for Rees as they target other products.

Keep in mind that there are very few geologists who made the study of rare earth and even fewer that understand the economy involved.

Although the company has shown they have the rare earths in soil, they must now identify and characterize the host minerals and determine their suitability for economic transformation. metallurgical studies must be done, that each project is unique.

It is extremely hard, but is also very convincing and has excellent growth potential over the coming years.