China's monopoly on 17 key elements sets stage for supply crisis
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 09:35
in Mathematics & Economics
China's monopoly on the global supply of elements critical for production of computer hard disc drives, hybrid-electric cars, military weapons, and other key products - and its increasingly strict limits on exports - is setting the stage for a crisis in the United States. That's the topic of the cover story of Chemical and Engineering News (C and EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine...