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Molycorp to increase supply of rare earth materials to Hitachi Metals; the two call off US joint venture plans

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Rare earth materials and permanent magnets are utilized in a wide range of products, but are critical enablers for many clean energy technologies such as hybrid and electric-drive vehicles, wind turbines, and lighting as well as for consumer electronics, IT and communications systems, and defense systems.

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Road Rally Review: Driving a Volkswagen ID. Buzz for 5,000 miles through Europe

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We started near Hamburg, Germany and drove through Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and back through the finish line in Hamburg 16 days later. While driving with the front windows down, there was significant wind buffeting when at highway speeds. This setup allowed us to use the van as a camper.

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Inside an American Rare-Earth Boomtown

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These are the magnets that go into nearly all motors for electric vehicles and into climate-control systems, appliances, and tools, into the generators used in wind turbines, and into the hundreds of millions of headphones and loudspeakers sold each year. Theres been rare earth mining here since 1952, he said.