Note it corroborates the Molycorp rare-earth mine (in Mountain Pass, California ) closure story, which someone had labeled an urban myth. This closed mine had proven reserves of the rare earths which greatly eclipsed those in China.
I am beginning to see patterns in the issue symptomatic of an 'spin-control' disinformation effort to attempt to trivialize the seriousness of this situation...when in fact it is even more serious than we suspected.