china, earth mining industry, environmental consequences, rare earth production, toxins

China’s Rare Earths: The Grave Environmental Consequences

Rare earths refer to a group of 17 elements that are vital to the tech industry and are used in a large variety of sectors like communications, the military, renewables, transportation, and so on.  China is the world leader in rare earth production, accounting for almost 90 percent of the global supply. However, the country’s ...

Max Lu

Rare earth mining.