China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies
www.nytimes.com
Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.

Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    as far as magnets are concerned there are better designs out there that are not being pursued because neodymium is so much easier.

    Like what?

    • metaStatic@kbin.earth
      7·
      2 days ago

      yeah, I noticed I just said magnets like other permanent magnets could be better or something …

      Thanks for calling me on this.

      I was talking about motors and Induction isn’t in fact explicitly better. I think they could be if we have no other choice but to throw research at them but for right now there have fairly equal trade offs.

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        Well, i hoped there were more effective materials/mixes around with less reliance on rare earth, since i’m not that into magnetic science.