Tracy Weslosky speaks to leaders from the rare earths sector in the United States to gauge their support for HR Bill 4883.
The bill intends to reduce the United States' reliance on Chinese rare earths by encouraging an increase in U.S. production by facilitating the processing of thorium-bearing rare-earth concentrates as residual unprocessed and unrefined ores. The general point of the law is to encourage the U.S. defense department to purchase rare earth minerals from domestic sources. (8/13/14)

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