President Obama's use of WTO to address China's control of Heavy Rare Earth Elements does not resolve the need for a reliable domestic supply. Development of such supply is hindered by concerns over separating thorium out of monazite deposits where HREE are found.
In fact the phosphate mining industry in Florida annually dumps 22,600 tons of HREE due to thorium content.
The thorium is both an unknown liability to anyone seeking to produce heavy HREE, and a valuable asset in our pursuit of energy independence via Thorium Molten-Salt Reactors.
Allow a Federally Chartered Corporation to accept thorium, & develop uses & markets for thorium, INCLUDING ENERGY.
We hobble HREE mining, neglect Th-MSR research, & are about to destroy our priceless U-233 stockpile.