BEIJING Nike Air VaporMax 97 Plata Bullet Baratas , July 28 (Xinhua) -- China is developing a new generation of atomic clock, which it aims to use on the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) Friday.
The microwave mercury ion clock is currently one of the most accurate tools for measuring time by tracking atomic movement in the microwave range, said Wang Nuanrang, project leader at the CASTC.
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Since 2012, China's self-developed Beidou system has provided navigation, time and text messaging services in the Asia Pacific region.
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HOHHOT, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese rare earth miners are being forced to phase out excessive production capacity as rising overseas suppliers chip away at their dominance in the global market.
Russia announced in April its plan to invest 1 billion U.S. dollars in rare earth mining in its Tomtorsky field, which holds 154 million tonnes of ore containing several rare earth elements.
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"The future doesn't bode well for Chinese rare earth firms," said Yang Zhanfeng, head of the Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earth.
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Yet many companies told Xinhua it will still be difficult for other countries to unseat China as a major exporter of rare earth elements since overseas mines being explored contain mostly light elements, while the majority of heavy minerals still come from China.
Increased production in other countries has reduced China's share of the global rare earth supply from more than 95 percent to 80 percent since 2010, when China nearly halved its rare earth export quota in a bid to overhaul heavily polluting and unregulated extraction and production.
Chinese authorities have repeatedly said that overreliance on Chinese supply is irrational considering the country's rare earth reserves account for less than 30 percent of the world's total -- a sign that China is overexploiting its rare earth resources to meet global d