Revista Intelligence Info, Volumul 4, Numărul 4, Decembrie 2025
24 Sep 2025

Geopolitical Use of Rare Earth Elements

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Dobrescu, Emilian M. (2025), Geopolitical Use of Rare Earth Elements, Intelligence Info, 4:4, 44-50, https://www.intelligenceinfo.org/geopolitical-use-of-rare-earth-elements/   Abstract Specialists have been studying rare earth elements for about three decades because of their unusual properties which highly recommend their use in the economic and scientific environment. Rare Earth Elements are used to produce wind generators, electronic parts and assemblies, metal separators, motors, clutches and other auto parts, lifting and extraction devices. Very few people know that REE are used to produce components … Read More

Revista Intelligence Info, Volumul 3, Numărul 3, Septembrie 2024
29 Jul 2024

Rare Earths in Other Countries Except China

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Bolivia has large deposits of Rare Earth Elements (REE), Canadians already explore in the south of the country in search of REE. Australia and Brazil have recently identified such deposits; but no new mining operation started sooner than 2014. Issues are not given by the rarity of REE, but by the difficulty of their extraction.

Revista Intelligence Info, Volumul 3, Numărul 1, Martie 2024
2 Feb 2024

Rare Earth Elements in China

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After the volume of deposits, the main concentrates of minerals containing rare earth elements are found in China. Rare earth elements industry began to be developed in China in 1950. The Chinese production gradually started in 1985. Exporting at very low prices, the Chinese eliminate any Western competition: their monopoly installed bit by bit. China is in the middle of a delicate transition, with a new generation of leaders, approaching to power, something that happens only once at 10 years.

Revista Intelligence Info, Volumul 2, Numărul 3, Septembrie 2023
3 Jul 2023

Chinese Hegemony in the Production of Rare Earths

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Dobrescu, Emilian M. (2023), Chinese Hegemony in Production of Rare Earths, Intelligence Info, 2:3, 61-68, https://www.intelligenceinfo.org/chinese-hegemony-in-the-production-of-rare-earths/   Abstract Until 1948, most of the rare earth elements (REE) were sourced from sand deposits in India and Brazil. Through the 1950s, South Africa took the status as the worlds’ rare earth elements source. Through the last decade of the 21st century and the first decade of this century, the demand of REE has constantly increased whereas the prices remained low due to … Read More

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