Rare earth minerals embargo?

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Discussion Starter · #1 · Oct 21, 2010

The Blog Wattsupwiththat had an abreviated version of this story so I looked for the original here on the New York Times website:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/business/global/20rare.html?_r=1&hp

Not sure what to make of it just yet but it's not encouraging either.

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Just as someone in Japan comes up with almost-as-good, non-RE magnets:

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-...develop-electric-motor-sans-rare-earth-metals

But, as discussed elsewhere on this forum, ACIM do just fine without magnets.

JR