From GATA and good for GCU.While China has slowly increased their market share inrare earth metals for decades, this year marks a quietcrisis in these elements. As James Dines reported in arecent interview, the Chinese now produce 97% of rareearth oxides and have cut back sharply on exports,slashing them 72% for the second half of 2010. Thesequotas are causing price spikes from panic buying.