Good thing film isn't made with Neodynium...

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• Jul 8, 2011

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Talk about price increases! Look at this:
http://www.financialsense.com/sites/default/files/users/rare-earths.png

 

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• Jul 8, 2011

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Does this mean I should horde my cerium oxide also?

 

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Damn. There goes the prices for those cool magnets I was going to buy...



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I blame the meteorite men.

 

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More recent news reveals that rare earth metals have been found in abundance in deep sea mud off Japan and Hawaii and many other places. Once brought up to the surface it is easy to extract.

 

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Cerium oxide is used to polish lenses. Expect their price to also go up!