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Rare earth producers say illegal mining in China responsible for low prices

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 16, 2015 | 8:58 am Battery Metals Asia Australia China Europe Rare Earth 

[caption id="attachment_836110" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Lynas’s Mount Weld project contains one of the largest and highest grade known deposits of rare earths. The deposit is additionally unusual because it contains very low levels of thorium, a radioactive contaminant commonly found together...

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