European military-industrial complex is heavily dependent on China to reduce rare earths want to rely on China

According to the British "Jane's Defense Weekly" website reported on November 18, the European Defence Agency, said nearly 90 percent of the world's rare earths from one country: China. Most European countries, the lack of such natural resources and large-scale recycling of rare earth elements "in Europe and less developed." Europe need to work together to determine which areas of vital raw material for its defense, and to ensure the supply of these materials will not be interrupted.

European Defence Agency is planning to launch a new study on this issue, which represents the thrust of this action should be "eased, reducing or even eliminating the" reliance on key materials to provide these non-EU supply side.

European Defence Agency for the study is scheduled to commence in 2015 and the release of tender documents preface: "Raw materials used in the field of defense technology supply disruptions if the situation appears likely to endanger national defense capabilities, including the possible impact on national defense industry research and support capacity defense technology and equipment. "

Type of key raw materials needed for the European defense industry is no secret, but the outside world has known about these materials is not precise enough in the use of the number and distribution of the Member States, in particular, lack of awareness regarding the importance of the relevant material.

A person familiar with the situation defense industry official said: "Some of the big member states have launched their own analysis on this issue, but most countries have neither money, but also lack the expertise to do the work of the European Defence Agency will study. provide a global vision of all member states in order to give the Department of Defense to provide some options. "

According to the European Defence Agency's argument, raw materials for defense and civilian use and equipment are very similar. For example, copper, tungsten, molybdenum can be simultaneously applied to the nozzle throat and jet rudder military and civilian aircraft.

Tender document says: "However, (military field) number is much less likely to use, but high purity grade but this requires a lot of European defense industry used to determine the amount of raw materials and grades.."

Rare earth elements into the defense industry, including dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, neodymium, yttrium and praseodymium. European Defence Agency said that these elements are "munitions, aerospace, military surveillance systems, and military engine catalytic converters, permanent magnets, batteries, isotope batteries, laser and X-ray tubes are indispensable."

Nearly 90 percent of the world's rare earths from one country: China. European Defense Agency, said most European countries lack such natural resources, but large-scale recycling of rare earth elements "in Europe and less developed."


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