STORY: EDITORS NOTE: THIS SCRIPT AND VIDEO HAVE BEEN REFILED DUE TO A U.S.-CHINA TRADE DEAL BEING REACHED WITH A FRAMEWORK TO REMOVE CHINESE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RARE EARTH MINERALS. THE STORY WAS ...
Rare earth elements are a group of 17 chemical elements that play an often small but irreplaceable role in many essential modern technological products. Smartphones, flat-screen TVs, digital cameras ...