Technological war – What makes the hidden keys of modernisation?

Abstract

Growth trends of technological industry have increasingly been determined by the supply of rare earth elements (REE). Developed countries with their own supply of REE, like the USA, Canada or Australia, have competitive advantage and try to reach independence. As a result of the price increase of REE’s, many REE projects started and the prices of the shares of mining companies that promise the opening of emerging new mines had started to increase by the end of 2011.