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Rare Earth Mining: The Key to our Technological Future | FD Engineering
Rare Earth Mining: The Key to our Technological Future | FD EngineeringWatch 'Mega Machines: Taming Mechanical Giants' here: https://youtu.be/VcU0umWyfvkFor thousands of years, they lay dormant in the soil until suddenly, they became the driving force behind a technical revolution. Smart phones, laptops, touch screens, wind turbines, hybrid vehicles: they all need rare earth materials.Among the first to recognize this were the Chinese. Today China mines an incredible 97% of all rare earth minerals extracted worldwide. The Chinese government makes good use of this monopoly: recently, it cut…
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