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Chris Smith: Historically the answer has been a very simple absolutely not, but with prices for these rare earth elements where they…

On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
Historically the answer has been a very simple absolutely not, but with prices for these rare earth elements where they are today, recycling has become a very, very important consideration by almost everybody that uses these minerals.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith discusses the changing economics of recycling rare earth elements.

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