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Japan

Is There A Primary Rare Earth Mine In Kazakstan? If Not, What Are The Japanese Doing There?

by Jack Lifton August 12, 2009

Bloomberg, for August 12, 2009, published the following report:
Sumitomo Corp. to Form Venture With Kazatomprom, Nikkei Says
By Fergus Maguire
Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) — Sumitomo Corp. will form a venture this year with Kazatomprom, the Kazakhstan government-owned nuclear power company, to produce rare-earth metals, Nikkei English News said, without citing anyone.
Annual output is expected to reach 3,000 [...]

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GE Follows Toyota & Nissan To Exploit Michigan’s Strengths And Expose Michigan’s Glaring Weakness

by Jack Lifton June 29, 2009

As reported recently, General Electric has decided to come to Michigan to employ out-of-work automotive manufacturing engineers and researchers at bargain prices. GE said that it was “looking for specialists in developing composites, machining, inspection, casting and coating technologies for its aviation and energy businesses. The auto industry employed many engineers with expertise in these [...]

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Has Toyota Discovered Rare Metal Auditing And Conservation?

by Jack Lifton March 27, 2009

It is certain that the prices of the critical technology metals, which are required for the manufacturing of the nickel metal hydride batteries for Toyota’s current Hybrid Synergy Drive, will be going up by 2011, as demand for them is predicted to exceed supply sometime in, or soon after, 2011. Toyota can perhaps reduce [...]

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