Chasing China’s Monazite Monopoly

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by IEEE Spectrum at 15 Oct, 14:54 UTC

One of the singular features of Baotou, an industrial city of 2 million people in Inner Mongolia, is a 10-square-kilometer (4-square-mile) lake that is among the most polluted in the world. The artificial lake, referred to by the name of the dam associated with it, Weikuang Dam (or Baogang Tailings…