Rare Earths
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| Originally published | 1975 |
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| Authors | Christian Klixbüll Jørgensen |
| Renata Reisfeld | |
| E. Nieboer | |
| R. D. Peacock | |
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| ID | 2615104 |
About Rare Earths
China's roads win hearts in South Asia - but at a cost
... It could act as a counterweight to long-time rival India, it offered a gateway to Afghanistan and the Rare Earths potentially buried there, and an opportunity to secure the porous border with its own restive Xinjiang region...
Gallium and germanium: What China's new move in microchip war means for world
... More exporters emerged and in less than a decade China s dominance of the Rare Earths supply chain fell from 98% to 63%, according to Eurasia s estimates...
Yellen criticises Chinese curbs against US firms
... Relations between Beijing and Washington have deteriorated swiftly in recent years because of the many things that divide them: human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, territorial claims to Taiwan and the South China Sea, Beijing s growing domination of a host of industries from graphite and silicon production to Rare Earths, lithium batteries and solar panels...
Taliban officials must sack sons given government jobs
... Afghanistan is estimated to be sitting on natural resources - including natural gas, copper and Rare Earths - worth more than $1tn (£831...
Huge rare earth metals discovery in Arctic Sweden
...By Phelan ChatterjeeBBC NewsEurope s largest deposit of Rare Earths - which are used from mobile phones to missiles - has been found in Sweden...
Australia challenges China in mining for essential elements
... " It is relatively easy to discover a Rare Earths deposit...
The treasure is hidden in discarded computers
... The hard part is bathed in hydrogen, revealing the precious neodymium - Although the necessary processes to Refine Rare Earths, many of the same chemicals found in oven cleaner and cosmetics, the waste can be destructive if not properly controlled...
Huge rare earth metals discovery in Arctic Sweden
By Phelan ChatterjeeBBC News
Europe's largest deposit of Rare Earths - which are used from mobile phones to missiles - has been found in Sweden.
No Rare Earths are mined in Europe at The Moment and a Swedish minister hailed The Find as a way of reducing the EU's dependence On China .
The Discovery is also being seen as " decisive" for The Green transition, given the expected rise in demand for electric vehicles or Wind Turbines .
Some 98% of Rare Earths used in the EU in 2021 were imported from China.
Over one million tonnes are reported to have now been found in Sweden's Far North .
Although significant, that is a fraction of The World 's 120-million-tonne reserves, according to a US estimate.
The term that are used to make a range of products and infrastructure which are increasingly important to Everyday Life .
They can be found in mobiles, hard drives and trains. But they are also important for green technology including Wind Turbines and electric vehicles. Some are essential for military equipment like missile guidance systems.
Extraction is both difficult and potentially damaging to The Environment .
Demand for them is expected to.
" Lithum and Rare Earths will soon be more important than oil and gas, " the EU's internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said Last Year .
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Swedish Energy Minister Ebba Busch said the EU was " way too dependent on other countries for these materials" and insisted a change was needed.
" Electrification, the EU's self-sufficiency and independence from Russia and China will begin in the mine" she asserted.
The newly discovered raw materials may not reach The Market before 10-15 years' time, the mining company's CEO Jan Mostrom said. Permitting processes take time due to Environmental Risk evaluations.
But Mr Mostrom called on authorities to speed up The Process , " to ensure increased mining of this type of raw material in Europe".
Source of news: bbc.com