rare earth
noun
1
: any of a group of similar oxides of metals or a mixture of such oxides occurring together in widely distributed but relatively scarce minerals
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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence estimates that the United States and its partners need to invest $920 billion by 2035 to build supply chains for lithium, nickel, graphite, cobalt, manganese, copper, rare earths, and phosphate.
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Daniel Baer, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2024
Over half of global processing of lithium and cobalt takes place in China, as does almost all refining of graphite, used in EVs, and of rare earths, crucial for generators on wind turbines.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
The worldwide move toward a green economy has triggered calls for easing mining of rare earth minerals, ones essential to modern devices and electrical infrastructure.
—Ashley C. Nunes, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2024
The United States will also need strategic stockpiles of the building blocks of clean energy, working with its allies to amass critical minerals such as lithium, graphite, rare earths, and nickel.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
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Daniel Baer, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2024
Over half of global processing of lithium and cobalt takes place in China, as does almost all refining of graphite, used in EVs, and of rare earths, crucial for generators on wind turbines.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
The worldwide move toward a green economy has triggered calls for easing mining of rare earth minerals, ones essential to modern devices and electrical infrastructure.
—Ashley C. Nunes, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2024
The United States will also need strategic stockpiles of the building blocks of clean energy, working with its allies to amass critical minerals such as lithium, graphite, rare earths, and nickel.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
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rare earth
noun
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: any of a group of similar oxides of metals or a mixture of such oxides occurring together in widely distributed but relatively scarce minerals
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