The breaking news is that the Japanese Ministry of Economy is planning to cut dysprosium demand by over 30%. Dysprosium is a rare earth element. This is a negative for Rare Element Resources Ltd. (REE) as it reduces demand. Rare Element is a miner of rare earths. Rare earths is a misnomer as these minerals are plentiful in nature. Dysprosium is used in making hard disks, lasers, advanced lighting, nuclear reactor control rods, dosimeters, Terfenol-D, and transducers. Last year, rare earth stocks such as Rare Elements, Molycorp (MCP) and Avalon Rare Materials (AVL) had run up in an emotional frenzy.