[meteorite-list] Fw: Re: Rare Earth Magnets
From: Count Deiro <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:16:56 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Message-ID: <8352707.1309976216700.JavaMail.root_at_wamui-cynical.atl.sa.earthlink.net> -----Forwarded Message----- >From: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> >Sent: Jul 6, 2011 11:16 AM >To: Pete Pete <rsvp321 at hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Earth Magnets > >Hello Everyone, > >Bit of good news regarding rare earth magnets. One of the world's largest rare earth mining operations is at Clark Mountain on Interstate 15 thirty five miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada. After being closed for several years, it has been re-opened and is operating at capacity. It is an open pit on sit concentrator operation producing several rare earth types. > >Best, > >Count Deiro >IMCA 3536 > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Pete Pete <rsvp321 at hotmail.com> >>Sent: Jul 6, 2011 10:45 AM >>To: meteoritelist meteoritelist <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> >>Subject: [meteorite-list] Rare Earth Magnets >> >> >> >> >>Hi, All, >> >> >> >>A recent update to last year's thread about rare earth magnets becoming rarer... >>http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-October/070115.html >> >>http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-October/070115.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>News item: >> >> >> >>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14009910 >> >>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14009910 >> >> >> >> >> >>4 July 2011 >> >>Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed >> >> >> >>Japanese researchers say they have discovered vast deposits of rare earth minerals, used in many hi-tech appliances, in the seabed. >> >>The geologists estimate that there are about a 100bn tons of the rare elements in the mud of the Pacific Ocean floor. >> >>At present, China produces 97% of the world's rare earth metals. >> >>Analysts say the Pacific discovery could challenge China's dominance, if recovering the minerals from the seabed proves commercially viable. >> >> >> >>... >>______________________________________________ >>Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Wed 06 Jul 2011 02:16:56 PM PDT |
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