The statistics of the rare earths industry

Mark Tyrer; John P. Sykes

doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2013.00645.x

The statistics of the rare earths industry

Mark Tyrer, John P. Sykes

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Rare earths are essential to green technologies, but China supplies 98% of them. Some have risen in price 200-fold - by 20 000%- in a year. Is China holding the world to ransom? A World Trade Organisation case is brewing. Rare earths are not rare, say Mark Tyrer and John P. Sykes; but it does need statistics to understand the likely outcome of the WTO case - and why the industry is important.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12-16
Number of pages	5
Journal	Significance
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2013.00645.x
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013
Externally published	Yes

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