Do We Have to Grin and Bear the Rare Earth Supply Situation?

Carelessly posted question.

There are mines for the stuff at many places. China was dumping, and the price pressure closed these mines for a while. Rare earth minerals are not rare at all. All of this was discussed in detail at previous threads.

High permeability core motors exist for a half a century, coreless ones almost as long.

What the heck is with this blurting out something without most basic research done first?

Leveles, Perhaps the poster wanted to get their name seen, or it could be that it is a 'bot post.

Dragon

I don't know who wrote this, but they're not that far off. We should try to develop new technology for electric motors that reduces if not eliminate REE's.

China still holds the corner on the REE's, both HREE & LREE. Here in the U.S. our only hope is reopening of Mountain Pass Mine in California and developing the Pea Ridge Mine in Missouri which maybe years before they get all their permits together along with Environmental Impact Report's and what ever else the Bureaucrats can throw at them to discourage reopening the mines. And from what I understand, Australia has some mines that were closed down when the market dropped and looking to reopen them, but I haven't heard much in the last year as what's going on with them

On page 6 of the following link to USGS, "The United States relies primarily on non-domestic sources of production for its supply of REEs. In 2011, mines in China produced roughly 97 percent of the world's supply of REEs." And not much has changed since this was published.

I do know that here in California, the USGS is going through old mine tailing left over from the 1849 gold rush, looking for REE's, which if found in sufficient amounts could be the next rush.