[News] China Embargos Rare Earth Exports To Japan

[jpwack]

I don't know how many of you read Slashdot (or stumbled upon this news early): http://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/09/23/2035200/China-Embargos-Rare-Earth-Exports-To-Japan

This includes raw semiconductor materials? how seriopus can be this situation?

Cheers

[Mechatrommer]

i'll wait whats my local news will say about it. for now, i hope i still can get silicon and "rare low melt solder" from ebay or other international supplier.

[Neilm]

That could get worring for the hybrid car market. China has some of the very rare elements required for the batteries.

Neil

[Zero999]

I thought it was for rare earth magnet motors, not batteries.

[Kiriakos-GR]

We have also an recent thread about this subject ... here .. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=1156.0

[Mechatrommer]

We have also an recent thread about this subject ... here .. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=1156.0

i think this one is quite a different issue which occured later. the quota cut occured earlier, this one happened only when their fisherman "slashed" 2 boats of japanese law enforcer and get jailed.
this new issue may lead to a mass destruction war between China & Japan. Maybe China want to revenge from the past history of "Japanese Massacre". I dont know

[Kiriakos-GR]

They just need to clear up things about their border lines , its logical and it must happen , so to not be an open wound in the future ..

Same story like Greece Turkey and Cyprus ,  this maters they must to clear out , once and for good.