[epithermal]

“Experts say Vietnam is a key channel for smuggling rare earths and other minerals out of China.

About 20,000 tonnes of rare earths were smuggled out of China in 2009, according to a note by Eurasia Group analyst Damien Ma, supplementing legal exports through that year’s quotas of about 50,000 tonnes.”

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/china-prompts-rare-earth-consumers-to-look-elsewhere-2010-10-22-1

Got any friends in Vietnam?

[SomeCallMeTim]

Yes... but, they're all in the shrimp business! ;-)

[SomeCallMeTim]

Yes... but, they're all in the shrimp business! ;-)