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Gold/Mining/Energy : Lithium
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To: heinz44 who wrote (67)6/12/2009 4:52:22 AM
From: Condor  Read Replies (1) of 1146
 
A single three-megawatt wind generator (modest, as utility-scale wind turbines go) contains more than a ton of super magnets, more than 700 pounds of which is neodymium.

"The global annual production of neodymium, essentially all of which is mined in China, is today at an all-time high," Lifton says. "There is no surplus -- the existing demand uses up all that's produced each year. So to build more wind turbines and hybrid cars, you'll need more neodymium. Where are you going to get it?"

The following is very interesting:

Neodymium magnets

unitednuclear.com
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