In Reply to: Rare Earth Magnets posted by pictureguy on April 5, 2012 at 15:55:41:
It is ironic that many of the metals that are making our modern world are experiencing 'shortages' - though mostly what they are facing is barriers to market/profit motives. Many of these metals are also used to make the high-strength steels for Oil & Gas exploration, pipelines and power plants. From a geological perspective, there are many places on earth where these can be found; however many of the mining companies do not wish to be fettered in their extraction efforts, so, they are not producing these materials in the continental US or some of the other 1st world areas where they could be.
There also has not been the concerted effort to develop recycling programs for these materials that could mitigate these effects.
Happy Listening
Happy Listening
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- RE: Rare Earth Magnets - 6bq5 09:47:52 04/06/12 (0)