Chinese Hegemony in the Production of Rare Earths
posted in: Archive, Geopolitics, Number 3, Volume 2
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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