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Title
The new oil?
Abstract
The author focuses on the supply concerns over rare earth elements mined in China. The author states that shortage of rare earth elements would affect telecommunications, the laser industry and optoelectronics. The author focuses on the shortage of rare earths in several parts of the world, as in 2010 China reduced its export quotas for rare earths by half.