The dark side of our rare earth addiction - BBC World Service #shorts

China is the world’s biggest producer of rare earths – the minerals sometimes called the “oil of the 21st century”. We need rare earths for tech like mobile phones, but is the environmental price of mining them too high? Click here to subscribe to our channel ?? https://bbc.in/3VyyriM ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram ?? https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter ?? https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook ?? https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website ?? https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #rareearthminerals #rareearth #china