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  Huge deposits of rare minerals on Earth but crucial in the production of certain high-tech electronic devices and batteries, have been discovered by Japanese researchers in the Pacific Ocean floor. According to its discoverers, these deposits have a high concentration of these rare minerals, reports Reuters . In one square kilometer amounts have been found capable of covering a fifth of the current consumption of these materials has Segurado Yasuhiro Kato, University of Tokyo.
  
  Minerals are found at depths of between three thousand and six thousand feet into the seabed and in 78 locations. These deposits are in international waters off the coast of Hawaii, French Polynesia, etc. According to Nature Geoscience , published information, China and to a lesser extent Russia currently have major deposits of these materials. China is a 97% thereof. Among the materials discovered include dysprosium used magnetism, gadolinium and terbium , and others.
  
  Among the current uses of these materials include the manufacture of flat screens, valves and LED hybrid cars. The use of these deposits requires rise to the surface of the mud acid and the dissolution thereof to remove between 80 and 90% of the materials. There is an estimate may be available when the above technical solution for extraction. The news has raised the concern of environmental groups for fear of an intensive mining the seabed.
  
  Article reproduced from http://tecnologia.elpais.com/tecnologia/2011/07/04/actualidad/1309770064_850215.html
  
  For more detail pertaining to this subject go to: geological services.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Huge deposits of rare minerals on Earth but crucial in the production of certain high-tech electronic devices and batteries, have been discovered by Japanese researchers in the Pacific Ocean floor. According to its discoverers, these deposits have a high concentration of these rare minerals, reports Reuters . In one square kilometer amounts have been found capable of covering a fifth of the current consumption of these materials has Segurado Yasuhiro Kato, University of Tokyo.<br /><br />Minerals are found at depths of between three thousand and six thousand feet into the seabed and in 78 locations. These deposits are in international waters off the coast of Hawaii, French Polynesia, etc. According to Nature Geoscience , published information, China and to a lesser extent Russia currently have major deposits of these materials. China is a 97% thereof. Among the materials discovered include dysprosium used magnetism, gadolinium and terbium , and others.<br /><br />Among the current uses of these materials include the manufacture of flat screens, valves and LED hybrid cars. The use of these deposits requires rise to the surface of the mud acid and the dissolution thereof to remove between 80 and 90% of the materials. There is an estimate may be available when the above technical solution for extraction. The news has raised the concern of environmental groups for fear of an intensive mining the seabed.<br /><br />Article reproduced from <a href="http://tecnologia.elpais.com/tecnologia/2011/07/04/actualidad/1309770064_850215.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tecnologia.elpais.com/tecnologia/2011/07/04/actualidad/1309770064_850215.html</a><br /><br />For more detail pertaining to this subject go to: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://manufacturing-industry.tumblr.com/post/28268231087/the-various-indications-on-a-geology-map">geological services</a>.</div>

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