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Europe Addresses Critical Minerals
The European Commission on Enterprise and Industry has received its June 2010 report from the Raw Materials Supply Group. The Commission recommended that the initiative draw up a list of critical materials. It defines there "high tech" metals (or as we call them TREM) as having significant economic importance for key sectors, high supply risks and a lack of substitutes.
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Mongolian Resources Coming Soon to an Exchange Near You
According to UK newpaper The Independent, Mongolia is planning on floating some of its state-owned resources on various stock exchanges around the world.
New Videos on TREMCenter.org
We have posted new videos to the TREM Center website. You can view them on any page on the right hand side: just click the videos tab. Latest videos include
- Congressman Mike Coffman at TREM10
- Assistant Energy Secretary David Sandalow at TREM10 (in 2 parts)
- PBS Newshour: The Bureau for International Reporting's Rare Earth briefing
Illegal Mining In China - Crackdown Begins in June
China Daily reported on May 21, 2010 that there will be a renewed effort by the Chinese government to stem the flow of illegal rare earth resources. Starting in June, the country will begin a five-month crackdown on illegal mining operations. Wang Min, a vice-minister of land and resources said that long-term monitoring programs will also be initiated. Wang went on to say that even detecting metal resources will be punishable.
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Defense Appropriations Act Focuses on Technology & Rare Earth Metals
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Bill HR5136) is the bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
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