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China-Japan-Koreas
20 Million Tons of Rare Earths Reported in N.Korea
2011-07-26
A pro-North Korea newspaper based in Japan says that the North has deposits of rare earth minerals amounting to some 20 million tons. The Choson Shinbo reported on Saturday that the deputy chief of the North's national resource development agency said Pyongyang is looking into using the valuable materials for manufacturing and is considering joint development projects with other countries.

Rare earth minerals are essential elements used in semiconductors, cars and other advanced technologies.

No official information on the exact size of the claimed rare-earths deposit in North Korea is available.
Expect the Chinese to have functional control over the sales of these deposits so as to ensure the Chinese have, with their own rare earth deposits, a strangle-hold on world markets.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  Glenmore: Rare earth refining is a complex and filthy job, because the different ores are chemically similar. The pollution produced is nasty, toxic and long lasting.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-07-26 09:12  

#5  Rare earth refining is supposedly very unfriendly to the environment (a key reason why US deposits are not being mined) - maybe now even the Chinese want to outsource the pollution?
Posted by: Glenmore   2011-07-26 07:46  

#4  You have to make something in order to keep the mines busy. That goes for North Korea and the USA.
Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165   2011-07-26 07:37  

#3  Would have been cheaper just to open the mines in the United States and keep the jobs at home.
Posted by: Kojo Snump5054   2011-07-26 07:31  

#2  China has been received harsh criticism oer its alleged selfish destruction = "theft"? of land + mineral deposits,etc. via various rare-earh mining ventures wid regional nations.

"Essential elements used ... in advanced tehcnologies" > On a larger note, iff OWG-NWO + "Globalism" is, in part, about the BEGINNING OF ROUTINE HUMAN EXPLORATION + COLONIZATION OF DEEP SPACE, THEN ITS IN AMER'S GLOBALIST = "SPACE" INTERESTS TO ASCERTAIN THE NATION'S + WORLD'S DEVELOPED + UNDEVELOPED RESERVES OF EVERYTHING.

Again, "GREEN TECHS/JOBS" = MORE ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION + SURVIVAL, ETC. NOT EARTH, when the Walmart or Earth Fresh, Space LLC delivery cargo ships don't arrive on time because ole' George Jetson filled the wrong order for Spacely Space Sprockets.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-07-26 01:39  

#1  Stranglehold?
Posted by: Raj   2011-07-26 00:43  

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