Mountain Pass will probably ship RE to China. 110108/612

From Chemistry World,Jan 2011 P.53. "Yet Mountain Pass will not initially be able to refine the rare earth into raw materials and will probably have to ship them to China. Refined rare earths are current only available from China and US industry officials have told the GAO that it would take at least two years to develop a pilot plant that could refine the oxides to metals."