Rare earth metals

[Fittster]

Here's a story to get Jim's juices flowing

"A draft report by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium. Other metals such as neodymium, europium, cerium, and lanthanum will be restricted to a combined export quota of 35,000 tonnes a year, far below global needs.

China mines over 95pc of the world’s rare earth minerals, mostly in Inner Mongolia. The move to horde reserves is the clearest sign to date that the global struggle for diminishing resources is shifting into a new phase. Countries may find it hard to obtain key materials at any price. "

source

Looks like oil might be out of fashion as something to fight over.

[The Excession]

Fittster said:

Looks like oil might be out of fashion as something to fight over.

Long time ago wrt China. Why do you think they marched into Tibet? There's terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, lutetium, neodymium, europium, cerium, and lanthanum in them there hills.

Oh

[Plotloss]

Reminds me of that song that lists all the elements.

I must find that.

To the internet!

[handpaper]

Plotloss said:

Reminds me of that song that lists all the elements.

I must find that.

To the internet!

Tom Lehrer's 'Periodic Table Song'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8

[Plotloss]

handpaper said:

Plotloss said:

Reminds me of that song that lists all the elements.

I must find that.

To the internet!

Tom Lehrer's 'Periodic Table Song'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8

Top, top work!

I've not heard that for what must be 25 years.

Epic find.

[Eric Mc]

That was the first thing I thought of too.

It's amazing how adaptable the music of Gilbert and Sullivan can be.