zil by entering into this rare-earth market, and I think it's an important thing for the West as a whole. It would also benefit Vale as a company," Science and Technology Minister Aloizio Mercadante told the U.K. newspaper. The government has met several industrial companies to line up customers for rare earths, a group of 17 elements used in producing components for wind turbines, electric cars and computer screens, among other goods. Vale confirmed that it's looking at investing in the production of rare earths, adding that the project remains at a "preliminary stage," according to th problem is rooted in the 1990s and early 2000s, when not enough people went into the construction business. "The construction companies are able to recruit young, recently graduated people, but they also need experienced people who can manage projects," Tullstedt said. The industry has also seen large numbers of employees retiring in recent years, and there aren't enough experienced workers fill the void. The biggest concern right now is finding experienced project managers, engineers and technicians for civil construction projects, and the problem may be most pronounced for larger companies, such as Peab AB (PEAB-B.SK), NCC AB (NCC-A.SK) and Skanska AB (SKA-B.SK), which are active in civil construction and need to keep their market shares despite retirements and staff turnover. Peab's chief financial officer, Jesper Goransson, recently told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview that there has been competition for human resources for some time now, but he didn't want to say whether the company had been forced to refrain from bidding for contracts because of capacity constraints. "We don't see it that way. We are constantly looking to find solutions to fulfil market demands," Goransson said, and his counterpart at Skanska, Peter Wallin, said he doesn't see any long-term capacity constraints. But Wallin also noted that it is hard to find experienced project managers and said S