Tech | March 11, 2011 | 2 comments

Gadget Makers Face Shortages of Essential Elements

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When General Electric faced a shortage of the metal called rhenium, few Americans knew or cared. They might have paid more attention if they had realized that rhenium forms part of the steel alloys in turbine blades used by almost all commercial, military and even space rocket engines.
:http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/gadgets-cost-fortune-precious-110216html-1792/
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