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MEDIA: China To Devote CNY300-450 Mln To Rare-Earth R&D Over Five Years

Rare Metal Blog | August 08, 2010 | 10:46 am

BAOTOU, Inner Mongolia (Dow Jones)--China plans to establish a fund valued at CNY300 million-CNY450 million ($44.3 million-$66.5 million) to support research and development in the rare-earth industry in the country's 12th five-year plan period through 2015, an official with the...