Your smartphone may contain up to 14 tiny magnets vital to the function of your phone’s speaker, camera autofocus and microphone, for instance. Here’s rare access to a magnet factory in Dongguan, China, where some of the world’s strongest magnets are made.
A rare earths processing plant run by Mitsubishi Chemicals in Bukit Merah, Malaysia was blamed for birth defects and leukaemia cases in the local community. The plant, which was shut down in 1994, had no long-term waste facility which resulted in radioactive waste leakage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-WLRoXJi78&t=0s Can Anyone Challenge China's Near Monopoly On Metals Powering Our Tech? - Part 1/3 | Power Scramble CNA Insider - 3-11, 2023 We want the newest gadgets, the most advanced electric vehicles, and a fully electrified future, but behind all of that is a class of critical metals: rare earths. These are the only…
Control over a group of coveted metals has made China king. But what happens when China defends its top spot? Presenter Kartik Kuna confronts the repercussions hidden in unlikely corners of the world.
Gallium is critical to green tech and China supplies 90% of it. So, when China began to restrict exports of gallium, it leads the world to eye other countries with this precious resource.