References for Producers
- Abrahams, David S. The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. (Read pp. 38–46 on the Araxá Mine and CBMM.)
- Center for Strategic and International Studies. “China and the Global Rare Earth Trade: A Conversation with Julie Klinger.” ChinaPower, Bonnie S. Glaser, host, August 28, 2019. (Podcast, 25:19 min.)
- CNBC. “Co-Chair of America’s Only Rare Earth Mine Discusses China’s Threat.” Interview with James Litinsky, owner of the Mountain Pass Mine, May 30, 2019. (Video, 6 min.)
- Collison, Ken. “Nanotechnology and Rare Earth Separation.” Singapore International Rare Earth Investment Conference, November 2014. Published by Youtube user UcoreTV, November 14, 2014. (Video, 26:21 min.) (Description of molecular recognition technology begins at 13:58, ends at 21:35)
- de Freitas Paes, Caio. “Niobium’s Silent Impact in Brazil.” Diálogo Chino, April 5, 2019.
- Fortune. “Supply and Demand: A Race for Rare Earths.” Interview with Amanda Lacaze, CEO of Lynas, Fortune Global Forum 2019, November 2019. (Video, 13:59 min.)
- Heffernan, Tim. “Why Rare Earth Mining in the West Is a Bust.” High Country News, June 16, 2015.
- Ives, Mike. “Boom in Mining Rare Earths Poses Mounting Toxic Risks.” Yale Environment 360, January 28, 2013.
- Klinger, Julie Michelle. Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. (Read pp. 159–162, “Greener Rare Earths: Uncelebrated Breakthroughs in Brazil.)
- Lasley, Shane. “Ucore Builds REE Separation Plant Team.” Mining News North, November 1, 2019.
- Law, Yao-Hua. “Radioactive Waste Standoff Could Slash High Tech’s Supply of Rare Earth Elements.” Science, April 1, 2019.
- Liu, Hongqiao. “Rare Earth Black Market: An Open Dirty Secret.” China Water Risk, June 2016. (This is a web-formatted excerpt from the white paper “Rare Earths: Shades of Gray.”)
- Mining.com. “Ucore CEO Ken Collison Discusses the Bokan Rare Earth Project in Alaska.” Interview, February 18, 2013. (Video, 5:44 min.)
- Standaert, Michael. “China Wrestles with the Toxic Aftermath of Rare Earth Mining.” Yale Environment 360, July 2, 2019.