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		<title>China&#8217;s Rare Earths Production Skirts WTO &#8211; Lynas Corp. to Fill the Gap?</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/02/02/chinas-rare-earths-production-skirts-wto-lynas-corp-to-fill-the-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taras Berezowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: NY Times As an update to our previous post about the WTO ruling on China’s export restrictions, we thought we’d point to a follow-up from Reuters on the ruling’s implications for rare earth metal quotas. In short, there’s a loophole. Reuters notes that “Monday&#8217;s ruling left open a loophole for export quotas if they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WTO Rules Against China&#8217;s Raw Materials Exports &#8211; How Big a Win for Domestic Steel?</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/02/01/wto-rules-against-chinas-raw-materials-exports-how-big-a-win-for-domestic-steel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taras Berezowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know a thing or two about news that’s not really news (or, to put it more accurately, news that’s overblown) &#8212; and this phenomenon seems to happen in the realm of rare earth metals more than anywhere else. Reporting on rare earth metals is such a hot commodity in and of itself that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota Latest Manufacturer to Identify Rare Earth Metal Product Substitutes</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/30/toyota-latest-manufacturer-to-identify-rare-earth-metal-product-substitutes/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/30/toyota-latest-manufacturer-to-identify-rare-earth-metal-product-substitutes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every six months or so, I am reminded of this phrase which I love, “nothing kills high prices like high prices.” And so it goes that engineers and sourcing organizations everywhere begin to contemplate and, in some cases, develop alternative materials. We have seen examples of this in stainless steels, whereby many organizations made the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Element Electronics and US TV Manufacturing: The Current Posterchildren for Reshoring</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/26/element-electronics-and-us-tv-manufacturing-the-current-posterchildren-for-reshoring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taras Berezowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reshoring should be nothing new to MetalMiner readers, as we&#8217;ve covered closely as it relates to US manufacturing. (Feel free to get a refresher on the pros and cons by clicking on the previous links.) For some, it may make more business sense to reshore labor-intensive castings, stampings, or other industrial metal parts or machinery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Rare Earths Export Quotas Will Affect Prices in 2012 &#8211; Part Three</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/11/how-rare-earths-export-quotas-will-affect-prices-2012-part-three/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/11/how-rare-earths-export-quotas-will-affect-prices-2012-part-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest contributor Rahul Jalan is a Chennai-based advisor in Rare Earths for Beroe Consulting India Pvt Ltd. Jalan tracks the global rare earth supply chain and analyzes global procurement developments to help develop state-of-the-art procurement solutions for the company. Beroe specializes in providing procurement intelligence and advisories for a broad swath of industries. Continued from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Rare Earths Export Quotas for 2012: Rules and Regulations &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/10/chinas-rare-earths-export-quotas-for-2012-rules-and-regulations-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/10/chinas-rare-earths-export-quotas-for-2012-rules-and-regulations-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest contributor Rahul Jalan is a Chennai-based advisor in Rare Earths for Beroe Consulting India Pvt Ltd. Jalan tracks the global rare earth supply chain and analyzes global procurement developments to help develop state-of-the-art procurement solutions for the company. Beroe specializes in providing procurement intelligence and advisories for a broad swath of industries. Continued from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rare Earth Export Quota in 2012 and Its Impact On Metal Buyers &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/10/the-rare-earth-export-quota-in-2012-and-its-impact-on-metal-buyers-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/10/the-rare-earth-export-quota-in-2012-and-its-impact-on-metal-buyers-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest contributor Rahul Jalan is a Chennai-based advisor in Rare Earths for Beroe Consulting India Pvt Ltd. Jalan tracks the global rare earth supply chain and analyzes global procurement developments to help develop state-of-the-art procurement solutions for the company. Beroe specializes in providing procurement intelligence and advisories for a broad swath of industries. What You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MetalMiner&#8217;s Sourcing Outlook for Commodities in 2012</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2011/12/28/metalminers-sourcing-outlook-for-commodities-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2011/12/28/metalminers-sourcing-outlook-for-commodities-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taras Berezowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the third episode of MetalMiner Sourcing Outlook, brought to you by Zycus. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZeGOlXDXxQ[/youtube] In this year-end episode, MetalMiner provides a look ahead to commodity markets in 2012, namely the steel, aluminum and copper sectors. In the One-On-One segment, Lisa Reisman and Stuart Burns discuss these markets in-depth, and give their takes on economic outlooks [...]]]></description>
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