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China's rare-earth domination keeps wind industry on its toes

North American Windpower | November 18, 2011 | 5:35 am Battery Metals China Europe Rare Earth 

Wind turbine manufacturers are scrambling to find alternatives to a key element used in direct-drive permanent magnet generators (PMGs), thanks to skyrocketing prices and diminishing supplies of crucial rare earths. China currently provides 94% of the world's rare earths, including neodymium and dysprosium, which...

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