US spots $120M for lab to tackle rare earth shortages

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Submission + - US spots $120M for lab to tackle rare earth shortages (networkworld.com)

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coondoggie

on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @03:18PM

coondoggie writes: "With China once again playing games with the rare earth materials it largely holds sway over, the US Department of Energy today said it would set up a research and development hub that will bring together all manner of experts to help address the situation."

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