Skip to content
Global sound
Rescuing Reason

Rescuing Reason

Rescuing Reason - E8 - Rare Earth Elements

· 39 min · Episode 8

Show notes

Rare earth elements are essential to our world's manufacturing sectors; particularly hi-tech defense equipment, green technologies, and anything that uses a battery or magnet (which is a lot of stuff). Yet, China cornered the market on rare earth element processing, leaving Western democracies vulnerable to trade disruptions. This episode explores the history of rare earth elements and how the West needs to regain market share in rare earth element processing.

Live, last hour: 2,166 songs on 7,706 stations in 142 countries

Discover the world through radio

More ways to discover (9)

Heard something good? Save it, or open it straight away in Spotify.

Radio 538 luisteren - Live!Popular right now