Sentences with phrase «important rare earth elements»
As it stands, 97 percent of the 124,000 metric tons of neodymium, dysprosium — the name means «hard to get» — and other important rare earth elements produced each year come from one place: China.
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A leading Chinese rare earths research centre has played down the threat that Beijing could cut export quotas of the strategically important elements.
«The technological applications of rare earth elements are at an all - time high, and that just makes the work that all of you do all much more important.»
Wind and solar power also mean there is a sudden demand for tons of rare earth elements that weren't terribly important a decade ago.