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ANBCAon Oct 25, 2012 2:57pm
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RE: this is good news for rares earths..
RE: this is good news for rares earths..
Thanks. Here is a rough Google translation.
The largest producer of rare earths China has suspended its production to promote "healthy development" of the market for these essential minerals for the manufacture of mobile phones and high-technology products, announced the group Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-tech Co in a statement.
China has a stranglehold on the global production of 17 of these metals found in hybrid cars, weapons, flat-screen TVs, mobile phones or lighting mercury vapor.
But Beijing has cut its export quotas for rare earths in recent years to meet growing domestic demand, the Chinese authorities also citing environmental reasons.
The group did not say when production would resume.