China's Rare Earths Strategy, Explained

Via Metal Miner   Chinese geologists recently discovered two new minerals – oboniobite and scandio-fluoro-eckermannite – at Inner Mongolia’s Bayan Obo, the world’s largest rare earths mine. According to media reports, the discovery was a joint effort by the CAS Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd., Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earths, and Central South University. As announced by Li Xianhua from the CAS Institute of Geology and Geophysics, the International Mineralogical…