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Rare Earths - Ep #19

Enjoy your MP3 player? How about the LCD screen you might be viewing this on? Well, if so, then you're enjoying a few certain chemical elements called rare earths that are seemingly in, well, everything. They're essentially the crude oil of the manufacturing world, and the race is on to discover the next big source - the owner of which will exert significant economic power. And it just so happens that the next big source might be...Greenland.