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I been following about a newest issue about our country here is some explanation about it
The Secret Ingredients of Everything
From smart phones to hybrid vehicles to cordless power drills, devices we all desire are made with a pinch of rare earths—exotic elements that right now come mostly from China.
before we move on to LYNAS, let;s learn about a mineral call RARE EARTH ELEMENT
What is RARE EARTH ELEMENT?
By Tim Folger
Most of us would be hard-pressed to locate Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, or Guangdong on a map. Yet many of the high-tech devices we depend on—cell phones, laptops, and hundreds of others—would not exist without an obscure group of elements mined, sometimes illegally, in those three and other regions of China.
Rare earths, as the elements are called, were discovered beginning in the late 18th century as oxidized minerals—hence "earths." They're actually metals, and they aren't really rare; they're just scattered. A handful of dirt from your backyard would probably contain a smidgen, maybe a few parts per million. The rarest rare earth is nearly 200 times more abundant than gold. But deposits large and concentrated enough to be worth mining are indeed rare.
The list of things that contain rare earths is almost endless. Magnets made with them are much more powerful than conventional magnets and weigh less; that's one reason so many electronic devices have gotten so small. Rare earths are also essential to a host of green machines, including hybrid cars and wind turbines. The battery in a single Toyota Prius contains more than 20 pounds of the rare earth element lanthanum; the magnet in a large wind turbine may contain 500 pounds or more of neodymium. The U.S. military needs rare earths for night-vision goggles, cruise missiles, and other weapons.
"They're all around you," says Karl Gschneidner, a senior metallurgist with the Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, who has studied rare earth elements for more than 50 years. "The phosphors in your TV—the red color comes from an element called europium. The catalytic converter on your exhaust system contains cerium and lanthanum. They're hidden unless you know about them, so most people never worried about them as long as they could keep buying them."
more About RARE EARTH........
Rare Earth Element Applications
Rare earth elements have drawn worldwide attention in recent months, with uncertainty from the world’s largest producer, China, making investors uneasy about products and industries that require these substances.
Rare earth elements are a collection of seventeen members of the periodic table, as defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, but the name is somewhat misleading.
Composed mostly of members of the Periodic table’s lanthanide series, rare earths are similar in abundance as more familiar elements such as copper, nickel or zinc, while even the least abundant naturally occurring rare earths are 200 times more common than gold.
However, rare earth elements are only found in commercially viable amounts in several areas of the world. This situation has been compounded by Chinese production that has undercut costs of production in the US, by way of lower labor costs and less stringent environmental regulation. Once self-sufficient in rare earth production, sites in the US such as the Mountain Pass Mine in California’s Mojave Desert operates far below capacity, according to the USGS, for these environmental and economic concerns.
By Paul Toscano
Background of LYNAS
What is LYNAS ?
LYNAS is a company set to provide the first new source of supply of Rare Earths outside of China when it comes online in Q2 2012. We believe this timeframe puts us well ahead of our competitors. Our customers’ requirements and commitments are driving the business development strategy for products to be produced, growth of production and collaboration with partners in the value chain.
LYNAS PROJECT STATUS
A bankable feasibility study, including pilot plants, was completed on the Rare Earths deposit at Mount Weld. The first mining campaign was completed on time and on budget. Lynas has completed construction of the Mount Weld Concentration Plant and first crushed ore was fed to the ball mill of the Concentration Plant on 14 May 2011. Throughput rates continue to ramp-up, meeting or exceeding planned recoveries, with concentrate grade in line with the ramp-up schedule.
The LAMP is being built in Malaysia due to the readily available industrial infrastructure, including industrial land, sources of gas, water and electricity, re-agents from local suppliers and a port that can manage container, chemical and bulk shipments. The area where the plant is being built also offers much knowledge infrastructure, such as technical and trade skills and chemical industry experience. The government infrastructure is in place and provides accountable regulators, clear legal frameworks and FDI incentives.
Once completed, the Concentration Plant and LAMP together will comprise the full production process from mine through to market.
LYNAS in Malaysia
Currectly the LYNAS project mainly build in GEBENG, KUANTAN PAHANG almost about 95% completed
EFFECT OF LYNAS PROJECT TO PEOPLE AROUND THE LYNAS FACTORY is expose to radiation leakage which is not good for health , people who stay in radius 35km will expose to the danger of radiation.
REASON why we NEED STOP LYNAS PROJECT
because it is danger toward people of Kuantan, the location of LYNAS Factory is TOO near to KUANTAN town
For More INFO pls visit
http://savemalaysia-stoplynas.blogspot.com/
http://ariffshah.com/malaysia-kilang-lynas-najib-razak/
http://www.ieyra.com/2011/05/ape-itu-lynas_20.html
