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$1 Billion Rare Earth Investment
November 20, 2011 | Forbes

An article on the Forbes.com website reports that Molycorp is spending nearly $1 billion to restart its Mountain Pass Summit mine in California. Check out the Google map below if you want a quick look at the mine.


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