Rare Earth - The Global Freak Out

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The global freak out was an opportunity for international mining conglomerates. In December of 2012, Mollicore successfully brought a rare earth mine online in Mountain Pass, California. mines are set to open in Malaysia, Australia, and Greenland. But these new ventures will take years to ramp up production.

We continue our journey to the center of the cloud, by way of the earth: Rare Earth. China controls 95% of the market for the 17 Rare Earth elements that power our invisible technologies so your host decides to pay a visit to the Ganzhou region, to see the illegal mines in the with his own eyes.

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