REE - Rare Earth Elements and their Uses

REE - Rare Earth Elements and their Uses

What Are Rare Earth Elements (REEs)? 

Rare earth elements are a group of seventeen chemical elements that occur together in the periodic table (see image at right). The group consists of yttrium and the 15 lanthanide elements
(lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium). Scandium is found in most rare earth element deposits and ...
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Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain

 Source - Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain

This chart shows a history of rare earth element production, in metric tons of rare earth oxide equivalent

Souce - REE - Rare Earth Elements and their Uses - geology.com

Global rare earth metal oxide production from 1950 to 2006 (in ‘000s of tonnes)

Source - China's Rare Earth Dominance





REE Periodic Table: The Rare Earth Elements

REE Periodic Table: The Rare Earth Elements

REE Periodic Table  "Heavy Rare Earths" and "Light Rare Earths"

The rare earth elements  "Heavy Rare Earths" and "Light Rare Earths"

source:
REE - Rare Earth Elements and their Uses - www.geology.com