very interesting find rennie69. the government study from 2013 goes on to mention (1630 section)
For example, the Critical Materials Institute in the United States has identified source diversification for rare earth in order to identify safe resources they could tap into to feed the manufacturing industries in the U.S.
The Critical Materials Institute is very interested in Canadian projects and in collaborating on the scientific aspects of rare earth to identify new sources and to potentially look at how supply chains could be strengthened by greater collaboration between the two countries, which are neighbours.
and then this (1710 section)
Mr. Chairman, I don't have the answer to this specific question, but I know from the R and D work that Canmet within NRCan is doing that for every dollar we invest from our public funds, we get $5 back from the industry in terms of in-kind contribution.
