Recycling: A new source of indispensible 'rare earth' materials mined mainly in China - 0 views
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Kevin Makice on 30 Jun 11That axiom of sustainability -- "recycle and reuse" -- could help ease concerns about a reliable supply of substances, indispensible for a modern technological society, that are produced almost exclusively in the Peoples' Republic of China. That's the conclusion of a study on these so-called "rare earth" elements in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.