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Critical raw materials revisited

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | March 09, 2012 | 9:20 pm Energy 

A critical or strategic material is a commodity whose lack of availability during a national emergency would seriously affect the economic, industrial, and defensive capability of a country. The French Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières rates high tech metals...