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04/30/2018 / By Jayson Veley

Huge discovery of rare earth elements could end China’s iron grip on the tech industry

An enormous amount of rare earth minerals has been found off the coast of Japan, and we could potentially see the entire global economy transform before our very eyes as a result. Specifically, the deep-sea mud is replete with “rare-earth elements and yttrium” (REY) which play a significant role in the technological industries and ultimately […]

06/03/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

MINING just one large asteroid could COLLAPSE the world economy due to surge of new supply for valuable metals

Could space mining become the next big thing? Though extracting minerals from space is not currently in NASA’s plans, they just scheduled a journey to asteroid 16 Psyche a year earlier than planned, reported the Daily Mail Online. Unlike most other asteroids that are formed out of rocks or ice, a team of NASA researchers […]

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