US defense manufacturers at risk after China tightens controls on mineral sales
Delays, restrictions in the sales of certain materials and rising costs threaten Western defense manufacturers,
Ren Limin, a worker at the Jinyuan Company's smelting workshop, prepares to pour the rare earth metal Lanthanum into a mould near the town of Damao in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region October 31, 2010.(photo credit: DAVID GRAY / REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
