Rare Earths
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Originally published | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Klixbüll Jørgensen |
| Renata Reisfeld | |
| E. Nieboer | |
| R. D. Peacock | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2615104 |
About Rare Earths
China's roads win hearts in South Asia - but at a cost
... It could act as a counterweight to long-time rival India, it offered a gateway to Afghanistan and the Rare Earths potentially buried there, and an opportunity to secure the porous border with its own restive Xinjiang region...
Gallium and germanium: What China's new move in microchip war means for world
... More exporters emerged and in less than a decade China s dominance of the Rare Earths supply chain fell from 98% to 63%, according to Eurasia s estimates...
Yellen criticises Chinese curbs against US firms
... Relations between Beijing and Washington have deteriorated swiftly in recent years because of the many things that divide them: human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, territorial claims to Taiwan and the South China Sea, Beijing s growing domination of a host of industries from graphite and silicon production to Rare Earths, lithium batteries and solar panels...
Taliban officials must sack sons given government jobs
... Afghanistan is estimated to be sitting on natural resources - including natural gas, copper and Rare Earths - worth more than $1tn (£831...
Huge rare earth metals discovery in Arctic Sweden
...By Phelan ChatterjeeBBC NewsEurope s largest deposit of Rare Earths - which are used from mobile phones to missiles - has been found in Sweden...
Australia challenges China in mining for essential elements
... " It is relatively easy to discover a Rare Earths deposit...
The treasure is hidden in discarded computers
... The hard part is bathed in hydrogen, revealing the precious neodymium - Although the necessary processes to Refine Rare Earths, many of the same chemicals found in oven cleaner and cosmetics, the waste can be destructive if not properly controlled...
Taliban officials must sack sons given government jobs
By Samuel HortiBBC News
The leader of The Taliban has ordered Afghan officials to sack relatives they have hired to government positions.
Hibatullah Akhundzada 's decree says officials should replace appointed sons or other Family Members - and refrain from hiring relatives in future.
The Taliban dismissed some senior staff when they took power in 2021, while others fled.
There have been allegations that inexperienced staff have been hired based on their personal connections.
The Afghan Islamic Press, based in Peshawar, Pakistan, reported that the decree followed allegations that several senior Taliban officials had appointed their sons to roles within the government.
A photo of the decree was posted on The Office of Administrative Affairs' Twitter page on Saturday.
Afghanistan has faced a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis since The Taliban swept into Kabul and regained control of the country. Foreign military forces had been in the country for two decades, fighting A War that killed tens of thousands and displaced millions more.
Since then, sanctions have been placed on members of The Taliban government, the Central Bank 's overseas assets have been frozen, and most foreign funding has been Suspended - Cutting off an economic lifeline.
Afghanistan is estimated to be sitting on natural resources - including natural gas, copper and Rare Earths - Worth More Than $1tn (£831. 5bn), but those reserves remain untapped due to decades of turmoil in the country.
The Taliban government's treatment of women has outraged The International community and increased its isolation while its economy collapses.
Education of women and girls has been particularly contentious. Currently.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com