The Rare Earth Market Frozen

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Almost 95% of the world's rare earth supply comes from one place. In 2010, China decided to cap its exports of rare earth. Technology companies who depend on rare earth elements for their flat screen and hard drive production lines freaked out. The American government freaked out even more because every weapons system that we have in this country depends on Earth.

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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