{"id":38771,"date":"2018-10-06T07:09:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T12:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38771"},"modified":"2018-10-06T07:09:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T12:09:21","slug":"hot-economic-warfare-scrambling-for-rare-earth-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38771","title":{"rendered":"Hot Economic Warfare: Scrambling for Rare-Earth Minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" title=\"Hot Economic Warfare: Scrambling for Rare-Earth Minerals\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/images\/news\/2018\/10\/05\/or-41508.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Economic Warfare: Scrambling for Rare-Earth Minerals\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2018\/10\/05\/hot-economic-warfare-scrambling-for-rare-earth-minerals.html\">Hot Economic Warfare: Scrambling for Rare-Earth Minerals<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p>Just like the gold rushes of California between 1848 and 1855, Canada\u2019s Klonike of 1896 to 1899, and Western Australia\u2019s of the 1890s, the world is experiencing a frenzy to obtain mining rights in pursuit of today\u2019s \u201cgold,\u201d namely rare earth minerals. Used for components of electric vehicle batteries, mobile telephones, flat-screen televisions, flash drives, cameras, precision-guided missiles, industrial magnets, wind turbines, solar panels, and other high-tech items, rare earth minerals have become the type of sought-after commodity that uranium and plutonium were during the onset of the atomic age.<\/p>\n<p>Rare earth minerals do not easily roll off one\u2019s tongue in the same manner as gold, silver, and platinum. For example, yttrium oxide and europium, while sounding unimportant, are what provide the red hue in color televisions.<\/p>\n<p>Nations around the world are scrambling to secure reserves containing rare earth minerals. China, where one-third of the planet\u2019s rare earth minerals are currently found, has severely restricted the export of the minerals to friends and competitors. One of the largest known reserves of rare earths is the Bayan Obo deposit in China\u2019s Inner Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s export restrictions have sent nations around the world on search missions to secure both known and untapped rare earth deposits. One such mother lode of rare earth minerals has been discovered in the eastern southern Pacific Ocean. The estimates are that the deep ocean region contains twice the amount of rare earths than found in China.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these deposits are in undersea geologically active zones, where deep sea floor vents spew rare earth minerals from expulsions of lava and hot gases. The discovery that the South Pacific region is rich in rare earths has led European nations, including France and Britain, which maintain colonies in the area, re-staking their colonial footprints.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot Economic Warfare: Scrambling for Rare-Earth Minerals Just like the gold rushes of California between 1848 and 1855, Canada\u2019s Klonike of 1896 to 1899, and Western Australia\u2019s of the 1890s, the world is experiencing a frenzy to obtain mining rights in pursuit of today\u2019s \u201cgold,\u201d namely rare earth minerals. 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