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China's finance ministry, in announcing plans to raise export taxes on some rare earths, did not indicate which minerals might be affected.

The flints in cigarette lighters are made out of rare earths, and they've been used in incandescent gas lamps for more than a century.

Toyota's running into its own regulatory roadblocks trying to partner up with companies to mine and refine rare earths in Vietnam.

Germany's electronics industry has said the market for rare earths had become "critical" due to reported restrictions on exports from China.

We sincerely honor you as you move into the final two years of Earths Crystalline Ascension.

The report also said the U. S. would continue to press China to eliminate export constraints on rare earths used in high-tech manufacturing.

It is unclear how much day-to-day control Beijing authorities actually have of their rare-earths industry.

Beijing may be trying to encourage companies needing rare earths to shift production to China.

The glass, metal ends and mercury are all captured and reused, but the rare earths used in the bulbs end up in landfills.

Chinese mines have produced rare earths at a much lower cost, forcing competitors to shut down in recent years and creating a near monopoly.

The State Council, China's cabinet, said the rare-earths industry will be streamlined over a five-year period.

For the last two years, China has imposed quotas to limit exports of rare earths to about 30, 000 tons a year.

One of these super-Earths orbits inside the habitable zone - the region around a star where conditions could be hospitable to life.

Rare earths include a number of different elements, that are usually mined at the same mines but are used for different purposes.

But within the next few years, astronomers expect to find dozens of alien earths that are roughly the size of our planet.

A misnomer if ever there was one, the rare earths may be strategic and in short supply but they are certainly not rare.

In the meantime, Beijing has tightened regulations on its own polluting rare earths sector as part of a programme to clean up Chinese mines.

Japanese traders "confirm that there has been a disruption in the supply of rare earths, " Mr. Billingsley said.

But a victory is likely to pave the way for the U. S. to file a separate WTO complaint on the rare-earths policy, trade analysts said.

In response , Chinese officials said the supply of such rare earths will be sustained, Mr. De Gucht added .

A massive earthquake is due and I ask that all be prepared. This shift in the earths crust is going to create a shift in man's outlook.

The total value of rare earths traded in a year is about $2bn.

While Japan's import of certain rare earths appears to have held up in 2010, there are important caveats to the Ministry of Finance's data.

Meanwhile, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said he had emphasized to Chinese officials the importance of access to rare earths.

The mist is like the earths desire. It hides the sun for whom she cries.

In the early formation of the Earth, volcanic eruptions frequently, thus speeding up the formation of the Earths water.

China, predicting robust growth of its own auto industry, has placed increasingly stringent export restrictions on rare earths.

It can be shown that this effect must be considered if a satellite brings much charge in the Earths magnetic field.

An unfolding collision around a group of elements known as "rare earths" is seen by some as a test of China's willingness to reciprocate.

After that the plan is to go after five other gold sites, and then bid for the rights to other minerals, including copper and rare earths.

Yet such space probes are not the only way of searching for other Earths.

Foreign businesses and governments have struggled to convince Beijing to relax these export limits, especially in the case of rare earths.

But for now Chinese rare earths 'are crucial to global supply, ' he said.

Rare earths are minerals used in small amounts on virtually every electronic item for sale around the world.

It will be the only producer of rare earths in the US, and one of only two such mines outside China.

The research status of surface modification on cermet coating microstructure by rare earths and its application development were introduced.

The perturbation effect of the earths magnetic field on the orbital elements of a charged satellite is further studied.

Some security experts argue that US production of rare earths is so commercially uncertain that it needs government support.

China supplies about 95 per cent of the global market for rare earths, used to produce everything from hybrid cars to iPod music players.

Congressional aides say bills will shortly be introduced that could require the U. S. military to stockpile rare earths.

"It's great to have entered the era that discovering super-Earths is routine, " added Seager, who was not involved in the HARPS research.

HD 85512 b is the only one of new planets, dubbed 'super-Earths' that is located in its star system's habitable zone.

It's a ruling that industry analysts say clears the way for the U. S. to file formal WTO complaints over China's rare earths policies.

Although World Trade Organization rules ban export taxes, China has imposed them on rare earths for the last four years.

The export restraints on rare earths has inflamed trade ties with the United States, European Union and Japan in particular.

A quirk in how China calculates quotas means that two tons of quota must be used to export a ton of rare earths for some alloys.

The Lynas Corporation of Australia plans to open at the end of next year a large rare earths mine at Mount Weld, Australia.

This month, Sumitomo Corp of Japan invested $130m in return for guaranteed supplies of rare earths for the next seven years.

It is an undeniable fact that animals play a vital role in maintaining the subtle balance of the earths ecological system.

Besides developing more sources of rare earths outside China, corporate users need to think of ways of recycling them, GE's Duclos said.

Needless to say, it's high time science, industry, and governments get together to make rare earths less rare.

Rare earths can getcarburized granules on the surface of alloy steel fined, with diffusion even, the carburized layer thickened.

They also seem to have a compass in their brain for using the Earths magnetic field.

Samuel Bader, a physicist at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, says rare earths are often found together.

The Department of Defense estimates the U. S. uses around 5% of the global supply of rare earths for military purposes.

The industry is one of the largest US consumers of rare earths, Molycorp said.

By studying the mix of gasses inside the air, scientists can follow changes in the composition of the earths atmosphere.

In late October, Baotou, China's largest rare earths producer, suspended production for one month in an effort to prop up prices.

They also discussed India's rare-earths industry; Japan currently depends on Chinese imports of the minerals.

Other similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less.

The Kepler orbiting observatory was launched with a simple mission - to find other Earths.

Until rare earths became a hot global topic in 2010, Chinese policy makers said the quotas were meant to support prices.

Demand for rare earths, meanwhile, is almost totally inelastic, and the market is already adjusting to concerns over a Chinese monopoly.

The GRS is actually a massive anti-cyclonic vortex large enough to engulf several Earths.

The incoming streams of solar protons and electrons are affected by the earths magnetic field in a complicated way.

As well made it difficult for us to serve Earths planet whatever acquired spiritual maintenance.

What rare earths aren't, however, is rare -- in years past, they were mined everywhere from Florida to Indonesia -- or terribly valuable.

Mr. Sandalow said that wind turbine manufacturers were capable of building very large turbines without rare earths.

Still, when China curbed rare earths exports to Japan in September following a territorial dispute, Japanese industries had to scramble.

Miners scrape off the topsoil and shovel golden-flecked clay into dirt pits, using acids to extract the rare earths.

Rare earths are essential for a wide range of military hardware, be it missiles or sonar.

Japan is also pushing for new manufacturing processes that do not require rare earths.

Cooler heads have weighed in on rare earths, but since the frenzy began they've largely been ignored.

This case does not touch on rare earths specifically but the facts and legal concepts are very similar.

China controls 97 per cent of the global supply of rare earths, essential elements in a variety of manufacturing processes.

Carbon Earths might be especially prevalent in more bizarre settings, such as the environs of white dwarfs and neutron stars.

Rare earths often exude radioactivity, and dangerous chemicals are used to separate them from other minerals.

Now, the new investors that own Molycorp Inc. are eager to prove that producing rare earths can be both clean and economical.

No one knows, but many scientists believe that it's inevitable that other Earths will be found.

Earths outer crust is made up of plates of various sizes that move in relation to one another.

The structures of 4-acyl-pyrazolone are analysed and the coordination in the complexes of rare earths with it are discussed in this paper.

Chemical companies are also working on ways to cut the percentage of rare earths in catalysts while preserving the catalysts' effectiveness.

Chemical companies, also big consumers of rare earths, have been developing alternatives.

Rare earths are an important, non-renewable natural resource with increasingly wider applications in economic and social development.

Industry executives, analysts and two Japanese traders confirmed that rare earths bound for Japan stopped leaving Chinese ports on Tuesday.

There are countless suns and countless earths all rotating around their suns in exactly the same way as the seven planets of our system.

For a period in late 2010, it cut off Japan's access to its rare earths entirely.

Rare earths prices have soared this year. Chinese officials say environmental concerns have prompted widespread mine closures.

You see there are many Earths that concentrically occur within the space that mankind perceives physical earth to occupy.

Rare earths are also essential to a host of green machines, including hybrid cars and wind turbines.

However, the recent spate of destructive earthquakes worldwide has pushed Chinese experts to watch the Earths movements more closely.

For the rest of the world, the move almost certainly means the prices of rare earths will continue to rise.

These aren't exactly precious gems: Most rare earths are priced by the ton, not the ounce.

In subsequent filings, including its 2010 annual report, Grace cited 'the cost of and availability' of rare earths among its risks.

Meanwhile, China's own fast-growing manufacturing industries now consume more rare earths than the rest of the world combined.

Baotou's move suggests that Chinese efforts to control rare earths prices could be greater than previously thought.

Concern over China's hoarding of rare earths has also been spreading to the United States.

He used the phosphorescent spectra and the coefficients of magnetism of the rare earths as meal& of following their separation.

There have been three steps to the moon. The first step was taking a satellite out of Earths gravity and into space.

China's tactics on rare earths probably violate global trade rules, according to governments and business groups around the world.

Generalized impedance boundary conditions are employed to simulate the effect of the earths surface on electromagnetic fields.

China gained a monopoly decades ago as lax environmental standards made it very cheap to mine rare earths there.

A new environmental code for rare earths mines will come into effect in October and Beijing has halted issuing new licences for the mines.

The U. S. military needs rare earths for night-vision goggles, cruise missiles, and other weapons.

A Japanese trader in the minerals said Tuesday that customs agents were still not allowing shipments of rare earths to Japan.

Then the ice on the rugged rocks melted. The earths crust rose, leaving the lake separated from the sea.

It may produce most of the world's rare earths, but it only has roughly a third of their known reserves.

a rare-earths producer often considered an industry bellwether. Its New York Stock Exchange-listed shares subsequently tumbled nearly 22%.

Near where he stands, the charred remains of a small rare earths pit are witness to the clampdown.

The move to create a strategic reserve at a cost of about $3bn could also boost the cost of rare earths.

The big cost is in chemically separating the rare earths from the minerals that carry them.

After the coastguard arrested the fishermen, China cancelled meetings, gummed up Japanese trade and stopped exports of rare earths.

China is also pushing to become a major force in green technology in which rare earths are an important ingredient.

A storm the size of two Earths, the Great Red Spot has been raging for more than 300 years.

A trio of "super-Earths" have been found near a sun-like star, a team of European astronomers announced today.

The Pentagon is due to report on its plans for securing rare earths to U. S. Congress this month.

Despite the moniker, rare earths aren't that rare; rather, it is hard to find them in high concentrations that make mining them economical.

Demand for rare earths and China's virtual chokehold on supplies have prompted some overseas companies to enter, or re-enter, the field.

Super-Earths might be more geologically active than our planet.

If everyone in the world wanted to live as people do in the UK, it would require the resources of more than three earths.

Creative thinking is required if China is not to become the Opec of rare earths.

Although rare earths are not in fact rare, their extraction is difficult and can often be environmentally hazardous.

when our sun becomes a red giant , its size can be as large as the earths orbit.

Beijing's influence aroused concern when exports of rare earths to Japan were temporarily suspended after a diplomatic dispute.

Discrimination of mechanism of formation of cenozoic basalts along shandong anhui part of tan lu fault zone by using rare earths.

There's a popular get-rich-quick story in the town of Ganzhou, the rare earths capital of southern China: buy rare earths, and hold.

Japan urged China to make ample supplies of rare earths available, Nikkei English News reported earlier today.

Influences of rare earths on the hydrolysis of urea and its hydrolyzed product in soil.

EDWARD COWLE: "In these two years since we changed our name to Rare Earths, the media attention has been unbelievable. "

The effect of the added rare earths on the thickness, surface quality, hardness and corrosion resistance of the layer were studied.

The Ministry of Finance statement didn't specify which types of rare earths would be affected.

In these 2 years since we changed the name to U. S. Rare Earths, the media attention has been unbelievable.

While once it was the world's leading producer, it now mines no rare earths, largely because of environmental and cost concerns.

Rare earths prices have been sliding since their peak in July, but the slide has accelerated during the past week.

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Owing to unique electronic configuration rare earths have got very broad application in various fields.

The minerals are so-called rare earths, which are used in products like wind turbines and hybrid cars.

In some exosystems, one or more of the giant planets is too close to the habitable zone for 'Earths' to remain in a stable orbit.

About three fourths of the earths surface is covered with water.

The move, which will cut supply, will send shivers through the global rare-earths supply chain.

Over the past year, companies have been busy finding ways to use fewer rare earths.

This rationale has a direct bearing on the rare-earths limits because those too have affected only exports and not domestic consumption.

The same year, China Non-Ferrous Metal Mining was blocked from buying a controlling stake in the rare earths miner Lynas.

China's move to reduce exports of rare earths may be less about political muscle-flexing and more about feeding its economic growth.

And we're about to find out whether there are any other Earths out there.

Yet these so-called minor metals and rare earths are as critical as copper and aluminium to the global economy.

Japan is the world's biggest importer of rare earths. And China produces ninety-seven percent of the world supply.

O. this winter that would challenge Chinese export taxes and export quotas on rare earths.

Small mines producing heavy rare earths like dysprosium and terbium still operate on nearby hills.

In this article, we'll take a look at some potential Earths and what they may tell us about the future of planet hunting.

Exports of rare earths were subject to an unannounced weeklong ban (see article).

This paper investigates improving corrosion resistance of AZ91 magnesium alloy surface by permeating rare earths.

In recent years China's quota system has become a focal point for complaints from countries that import rare earths.

Quest Rare Minerals, of Canada, plans to produce heavy rare earths, which are less often found.

The victory will pave the way for a case on rare earths, said U. S. and EU trade officials.

So will a prominent alternative: "urban mining, " a ka recycling of rare earths and other materials from used electronic devices.

Rare earths have become a token for international fears over China's ascendancy.

That has caused global rare earths prices to fluctuate wildly and prompted concerns over supply.

As a result, rare earths prices were driven up eight- to tenfold during the first six months of this year.

In 2010, China temporarily halted shipments of rare earths to Japan, prompting a sharp spike in prices of the minerals.

Most rare earths come from China, which has raised export barriers, exacerbating the problem.

Differentee earths to eliminate interference of the converter system are analyzed.

So will a prominent alternative: " urban mining, " a k a recycling of rare earths and other materials from used electronic devices.

Edward Cowle is president and chief executive of a company called U. S. Rare Earths.

The complexes are made from the tea polysaccharide or kelp polysaccharide bound rare earths.

Until we discover extrasolar Earths, however, we will have to rely on the solar system as our only case study.

Hitachi Metals, meanwhile, is working on a magnet that minimizes the use of rare earths by employing copper alloys.

The greenhouse effect has been part of the earths workings since its earliest days.

The message is simple: Star nations are part of Earths history past, present and future.

China produces about 90 percent of the world's rare-earths, and announced in July that it would slash exports by 40 percent.

For another, two other super-Earths are in the same solar system, giving us plenty to explore once we arrive.

Rare earths are not rare, geologically speaking, but China has a corner on mining and processing them.

Half of the global supply of rare earths comes from a single iron ore mine in the hills north of Baotou.

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This has fed foreign suspicions that Beijing plans global domination of rare earths.

China has said it is tightening export limits on rare earths because processing them takes a toll on the environment.

Tokyo would also look to develop alternative sources of supply for rare earths, Mr Kaieda said.

Rare earths are used for high-technology products such as precision-guided weapons and hybrid cars.

The financing is complicated because rare-earths prices are so volatile.

Deng Xiaoping, the late leader of China, is widely reported to have said that while the Middle East has oil, China dominates rare earths.

Long ago, it weren't unusual to colossal countries to establish colonies in distant earths.

Acting on the hunch, I dumped my meager life savings -- about $9, 000 -- into the rare-earths sector, and waited for the payoff.

Each of you will continue living in different Earths.

Sellers prefer to supply the heavier rare earths because profit margins are higher.

However, rising prices fit neatly with China's ambition to end its role as supplier of cheap rare earths to the world.

Essentially, it underscores the need to source rare earths from non-Chinese minerals, says Professor Jha.

But it is unusual to find the 17 elements that are classified as rare earths in sufficient quantities for economic extraction.

But there is not a Machiavellian plot by China to take over the world in rare earths.

Ocean currents affect the climates of the earths near which them flow.

About 250 million years ago, much of the Earths land mass was fused into one huge continent called Pangaea.

In 2009, China Nonferrous Metals Mining Group Co Ltd was blocked from buying a controlling stake in rare earths miner Lynas Corp.

In July, Beijing reduced its export quota for rare earths for the second half of the year by 72 percent.

Europe, in contrast, imports more rare earths and has more rare-earth production facilities than the US.

In surveying potential candidates for "new Earths, " astronomers look for traces of biological activity, such as the presence of oxygen.

After all, the term 'rare earths' is a misnomer, experts say.

This means that everyone consumed as much as the typical UK citizen we would need around 3. 2 planet earths to support the population.

China recently announced lower export limits for rare earths for next year.

China currently controls almost all of the world's supply of rare earths, for which demand is soaring.

effect is gradually warming the earths atmosphere .

Batteries to store megawatts of power. Strong magnets that don't rely on rare earths.

Even with the JWST, however, finding extrasolar 'Earths' will be tough.

As new mines open, global output of rare earths and related elements should rise.

According to the Bible, at one time the earths surface was "formless and waste. " There were no continents and no productive land.

Government tightens controls on rare earths .

Red clays in the region are rich in "heavy" rare earths, the most valuable and scarce elements.

Jupiter itself, the largest of the planets could consume about 1300 Earths and still have a little room for dessert!

When, in July, it cut export quotas by three-quarters, the price of some rare earths shot up six-fold.

Even prices for the most common rare earths, such as lanthanum, used in hybrid car batteries, have risen sharply.

At Easter, we celebrate the earths new year of growth, after the cold, dark days of winter.

Nanosized rare earth complex oxides have dual characters of nanosized materials and rare earths, which attract attention.

Where it cannot exclude rare earths, GM has made other adjustments.

The rare earths, in addition to grain refinement, could improve the morphology and distribution of n. . .

The list of things that contain rare earths is almost endless.

The United States stopped mining rare earths in 2002.

The basket price for the Mount Weld rare earths should climb to $227 a kilogram next year, a gain of about 40%.

Rare Earths. He and his partners gained rights to some land in the American West about fifteen years ago.

These rocks at a certain temperature and suitable conditions (such as volcanic eruptions) dehydration, to form the Earths water. John F.

Other congressional efforts touch on how to counter China's dominance in rare earths, but don't take stands on stockpiling.

The Chinese Rare Earths Industry Association has predicted demand will rise by almost two-thirds within five years.

China will raise export tariffs on certain rare earths products in 2011, Xinhua reports.

It remains unprofitable to produce rare earths on their own.

Space Impact: Meteor Shield puts you in the seat of Earths last hope to prevent looming apocalypse.

Therefore, the rare earths in steels have a significant catalytic effect during those . . .

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ion: The extraction of rare earths by A101 in HCl solution within magnetic field was studied.

When it comes to rare earths, GE is taking a similar approach.

Mike Coffman, US Congressman from Colorado, said: "We must wean ourselves off our total dependence on China for rare earths. "

For fly-by-night speculators, rare earths couldn't be packaged more attractively.

The main American rare earths mine, in Mountain Pass, Calif. , closed in 2002, but efforts are under way to reopen it.

Let our Earths of their understanding.

It also said that China's rare earths sector had made big strides and expanded in size.

China mines 94 percent of the world's rare earths and accounted for 60 percent of the world's consumption by tonnage early this year.

Ms. Chegwidden said that the way China had selectively blocked the rare earths was significant.

The petition includes technologies such as electric-car batteries that are deeply affected by China's control of rare earths.

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"Most designs today use generous amounts of rare earths, " says Mr Savagian.

China produces nearly all the world's supply of rare earths.

They're not 'earths, ' either, but that's a different story.

"In reality there is an export ban on rare earths, " Mr Kaieda said.

The earths tilt also prevents temperatures from becoming too extreme for us to survive.

Humans are overusing the planet's resources and will need two Earths by 2030, a new report warns.

Most of the earths surface is covered by water.

Rare earths, also called lanthanides, are chemically similar to actinides (89 through 104).

Imagine if earths axis had no tilt!

Every rare earth deposit on the planet has within it all 15 and sometimes all 17 rare earths.

Did you know that Jupiter is as wide as 11 Earths?

Rare earths are crucial in advanced manufacturing such as computer disk drives, mobile phones and hybrid car components.

Hundreds of earths will fit inside this storm.

"China will continue to supply the world with rare earths. "

They might not dominate headlines like diamonds or oil, but rare earths are some of the world's most valued resources.