After all, the term 'rare earths' is a misnomer, experts say.
专家说，毕竟“稀土”这个术语就不恰当。
Rare earths are used for wind turbines and other green technologies.
稀土用于风力涡轮机和其它绿色科技。
Those same rare earths are found in America, mainly in shut-in mines.
美国也有稀土矿资源，而且主要是在已关闭矿井中。
Various players have tried to recycle rare earths and metals in Japan.
在日本的各个参与者都努力回收稀土和金属。
Its factory is up and running, recycling 19 metals – but no rare earths.
其工厂已建成投产，从事于19种金属的加工回收，但其中没有稀土金属。
By 2015, global demand for rare earths is expected to reach 205, 000 tonnes.
到2015年，全球对稀土的需求预计将达到205,000吨。
Exports of rare earths were subject to an unannounced weeklong ban (see article).
稀土出口下了莫名其妙的一周禁止令(见文章)。
For a period in late 2010, it cut off Japan's access to its rare earths entirely.
这使得在2010年年底的一段时间里，日本几乎完全断了稀土的供应。
Japan is also pushing for new manufacturing processes that do not require rare earths.
日本也在钻研不需要稀土新的制造工艺。
Some companies, such as General Electric, are already moving to reduce their use of rare earths.
有些公司，例如通用电气，已经开始改进技艺，以减少稀土金属的使用。
The vast majority of rare earths - indispensable in many electronics components - comes from China.
稀土绝大部分来自中国，这种材料是生产许多电子元件所不可或缺的。
Cooler heads have weighed in on rare earths, but since the frenzy began they've largely been ignored.
在稀土问题上也存在冷静的思考，但是自从稀土疯弥以来，这些冷思考就一直被忽视。
The minerals are so-called rare earths, which are used in products like wind turbines and hybrid cars.
这些矿产是所谓的稀土资源，被广泛用于像风力涡轮机和混合动力汽车这样的产品。
Last year, due to the economic depression Japanese companies didn't buy enough amounts of rare earths from China.
去年，由于经济衰退，日本企业没有从中国购买足够的稀土。
For the first half of 2011, China has licensed only 32 companies to export rare earths, compared with 47 in 2006.
2011年上半年，中国只向32家公司颁发了稀土出口的许可，而2006年这一数字是47家。
Rare earths exports are already a sensitive issue in Japan, which is the world's largest importer of the minerals.
在日本，稀土金属出口本已是一个敏感话题——日本是全球最大的矿物进口国。
Rare earths are used to make many products: glass, batteries, compact fluorescent bulbs and computer display screens.
稀土可以用来制造很多产品：玻璃，电池，紧凑型荧光灯管和电脑显示屏。
We will have cooperation with other countries in the use of rare earths, because it is a non-renewable energy resource.
在稀土的使用权上我们将和其他国家达成合作因为它是一种不可再生资源。
In Japan, meanwhile, Hitachi has started a recycling effort to recover rare earths from hard drives and other materials.
与此同时，日本的日立已经开始回收稀土金属用于硬盘和其他材料的制作。
In Japan, meanwhile, Hitachi has started a recycling effort to recover rare earths from hard drives and other materials.
与此同时，日本的日立已经开始回收稀土金属用于硬盘和其他材料的制作。
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