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96% of non-Chinese rare earth projects will fail, says Jack Lifton

Andrew Topf | November 01, 2011 | 9:42 pm Battery Metals China Europe Rare Earth 

A mining industry consultant says the high processing costs and level of expertise required  in bringing rare earth mines into production means most of them will fail. In an interview with Reuters, Jack Lifton, founder of Technology Metals Research, said...

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