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CAUGHT BEHIND RARE EARTHS AND CHINESE DOMINANCE - PART 1
This is a four-part article series on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry.
CAUGHT BEHIND RARE EARTHS AND CHINESE DOMINANCE - PART 2
This is a four-part article series on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry.
CAUGHT BEHIND RARE EARTHS AND CHINESE DOMINANCE - PART 3
This is a four-part article series on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry.
CAUGHT BEHIND RARE EARTHS AND CHINESE DOMINANCE - PART 4
This is a four-part article series on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry..
PENTAGON IS MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE
Its investment in a California mining venture is pretty much exactly the wrong approach to securing access to vital materials.
DEFENSE ONE
JAMES KENNEDY
China controls substances so valuable that the Pentagon dares not act. It’s up to the Senate now.
UNITED NATIONS and
IAEA
ThREE Consulting presents to the U.N. at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna Austria.
UNITED NATIONS and
IAEA Presentation (PDF)
ThREE Consulting presents to the U.N. at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna Austria.
SELLOUT BY
VICTORIA BRUCE
How Washington Gave Away America's Technological Soul, and One Man's Fight to Bring It Home
IN THE PRESS
CAUGHT BEHIND RARE EARTHS AND CHINESE DOMINANCE - PART 1
The story behind everything no one is telling you: This is a four-part article series on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry.
CAUGHT BEHIND RARE EARTHS AND CHINESE DOMINANCE - PART 2
The story behind everything no one is telling you: This is a four-part article series on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry.
CAUGHT BEHIND RARE EARTHS AND CHINESE DOMINANCE - PART 3
The story behind everything no one is telling you: This is a four-part article series on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry.
CAUGHT BEHIND RARE EARTHS AND CHINESE DOMINANCE - PART 4
The story behind everything no one is telling you: This is a four-part article series on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry.
Caldera Green Steel Press Release
ThREE & Caldera announce DoE Grant Application for Green Steel
CHINA RAISES THREAT OF RARE-EARTHS CUTOFF TO US
Beijing could slam every corner of the American economy, from oil refineries to wind turbines to jet engines, by banning exports of crucial minerals.
HOW THE US LOST THE PLOT ON RARE EARTHS
According to the US Geological Survey, the United States relies on Chinese imports of rare earths.
AMERICA'S NEW QUEST FOR MINERAL INDEPENDENCE
Is America in jeopardy?Any day, America could be held hostage over critical minerals.
THORIUM AND RARE EARTH VALUE CHAIN
Rules covering thorium discharge in the world’s top rare earths-consuming countries have prevented resouces.
ALJAZEERA AMERICA - RYAN SCHUESSLER
Missouri Mine Shines Spotlight on Global Battle for Rare-Earth Metals
THE ELEPHANT AND YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Dealing with the 77,000 tons of accumulated spent fuel from the U.S. civilian nuclear solid fuel energy program is an enormous and unresolved issue.
ENERGING NUCLEAR POWER MARKET RISKS
James Kennedy and John Kutsch deliver message to Congress
BOND, BAYH INRODUCE RARE EARTH LEGISLATION
James Kennedy works with Congress on Rare Earth Bill
LETTER TO CONGRESS
Our findings are not encouraging for America's scientific or commercial nuclear industry leadership.
POLITICO - JAMES
KENNEDY
Pentagon Cornerstone commits U.S. rare earth policy and funding to a twice bankrupt mining project with a Chinese part owner.
HELPFUL LINKS
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION NEWSLETTER
The Element of Economic and Energy Policy Failure: Thorium and the Divergence of National Interests
INTERNATIONAL PATENT FILINGS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
History of Chinese Industrial Advances in Rare Earths & Relative Technological Position to U.S. & RoWi
RARE EARTH COOPERATIVE FOR CRITICAL MINERALS IS NEEDED
China is by far the world’s leading producer and exporter of minerals and metals.
RARE EARTHS REPORT
Unless you happen to work in the rare earths industry, you probably don’t even think about rare earth metals – even though you reap their benefits.
GOING OFF-WORLD FOR REEs?
Feinberg and Silver proposed the U.S. to send in U.S. mining companies under the protective-guard of Blackwater-type mercenaries to gather up the estimated $1 trillion in mineral wealth.
NATURAL GAS MONOPOLY VIA RENEWABLES?
How is it that 'we' cannot understand the direct financial linkage between natural gas and the so-called renewable industry...?
SELLOUT BY VICTORIA BRUCE
How Washington Gave Away America's Technological Soul, and One Man's Fight to Bring It Home.
CHINA'S MSR PROGRAM
2015
The aim of TMSR is to develop Th-Energy, Nonelectric application of nuclear energy.
CHINA'S MSR PROGRAM 2018
Develop Th-Energy, Non-electric application of Nuclear Energy based on TMSR during coming 20-30 years.
THORIUM ENERGY ALLIANCE
A nonprofit group composed of engineers, scientists, and concerned citizens interested in reducing the cost of energy. The objective is to lay the foundation for a Thorium Energy Future.
US Geological Society
The Principal Rare Earth Elements Deposits of the United States—A Summary of Domestic Deposits and a Global Perspective. The rare earth elements (REE) are fifteen elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71.
THORIUM THE GREEN ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE FUTURE
Interview: Richard Martin's new book Super Fuel
THORIUM ENERGY CAN HELP GLOBAL WARMING
Thorium energy can help check CO2 and global warming, cut deadly air pollution, provide inexhaustible energy, and increase human prosperity.
INSPIRING MINING PROFESSIONALS WORLDWIDE
Championing the issues and perception of the mining industry for the greater good.
BY ANN BRIDGES
ANN BRIDGES exposes the Achilles’ Heel of the 21st century—a lifestyle and national security wholly reliant on China’s willingness to process and manufacture critical rare earth metals.
STRUGGLE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE IN RARE METAL AGE
Our future hinges on a set of elements that few of us have even heard of. David Abraham unveils what rare metals are and why the fate of our planet depend on them.
REPORTS TO READ
RARE EARTHS REPORTS
Unless you happen to work in the rare earths industry, you probably don’t even think about rare earth metals – even though you reap their benefits.
COAL & RECO OP HIGHLIGHTS
Extracting rare earth elements from acid waste is proven to be technically feasible in DOE-funded projects.
COAL & RECO OP HIGHLIGHTS
The Department of Energy is funding coal research that could help yield metals of critical military and strategic importance by 2020, but to do so must meet strict regulations and face entrenched Chinese competition
RARE EARTHS IN REVIEW SUMMARY PAPER
How Wall Street Darling Molycorp Undermined the U.S. Economy, Degraded our National Security and Distorted the Global Economic Balance and How These Falsehoods Continue to be Promoted Even Today.
RARE EARTHS IN REVIEW TECHNICAL PAPER
How Wall Street Darling Molycorp Undermined the U.S. Economy, Degraded our National Security and Distorted the Global Economic Balance and How These Falsehoods Continue to be Promoted Even Today
GAO SUMMARY REPORT
U.S. Still 100% Reliant On China For All Rare Earth Dependent Weapon Systems
NATIONAL SECURITY AND
21ST CENTURY WEAPONS
Leveraging Small Modular/Molten Salt Reactors for 21st Century Energy Weapons.
2014 CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING
U.S. Military 100% Dependent On China. Rare Earths and the Global Imbalance.
UNITED NATIONS - IAEA PRESENTATION
Creating a Multi-National Platform: Thorium Energy & Rare Earth Value Chain.
CHINA AND THE RARE EARTH INDUSTRY
The available evidence suggests that
China’s current domination of the global Rare Earths (RE) Industrial Ecosystem is the result of a well-thought out carefully crafted dynamic long term strategy.
US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - CRITICAL MATERIALS STRATEGY
This report examines the role of rare earth metals and other materials in the clean energy economy. It is an update of the 2010 Critical Materials Strategy, which highlighted the importance of certain...
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - INDUSTRIAL CAPABILITIES
In February 1997, as required by Section 2504 of Title 10 of the U.S. Code, the
Department published its first Annual Industrial Capabilities Report to Congress.
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Molten Salt Reactor Technology for Thorium-Fueled Small Reactors - Molten salts are a class of homogeneous reactors in which the fuel is dissolved in the coolant.
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT
The Principal Rare Earth Elements Deposits of the United States—A Summary of Domestic Deposits and a Global Perspective
JFK-SEABORG COMMISSION REPORT
The development of civilian nuclear power involves both National and International interests of the United States.
HISTORY OF MOLTEN SALT REACTORS
HISTORY: Molten Salt Reactor Technology Has 50-yr Development History at ORNL.
THORIUM MSR REACTOR REPORT BY ALEX CANNARA
This article describes why Thorium (Th), as a fertile precursor of certain nuclear...
HEU STARTER FOR Th-MSR
The Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) option for burning fissile fuel from dismantled weapons is examined.
TECHNICAL PAPER ON US RARE EARTH INDUSTRY
Critical and Strategic Failure of Rare Earth Resources - Rare Earths:
NEW ECONOMIC AND ENERGY POLICY FOR THE USA
Rare Earths and Thorium are linked The Future of Energy is linked to Thorium The U.S. needs a Policy on Thorium
VIDEOS TO WATCH
UNITED NATIONS
Presents to the U.N. at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna Austria.
RARE EARTH SPECIFICS
James Kennedy - "U.S. Heavy Rare Earth Cooperative, the Global Economics of Thorium Energy" @ TEAC3
WTO, WHITE HOUSE
Obama, China, Rare Earths - Can WTO save manufacturing jobs? Why no USA REE? THORIUM
JIM KENNEDY - TEAC 4
Jim Kennedy - China, Espionage & [lack of] U.S. Industrial Policy @ TEAC4
CHINA'S TH_MSR
Jiang Mianheng - Why Nuclear Power in China? Thorium & the Energy Outlook of China @ ThEC12