The reason why the soil is rarely sought by the ‘big men’

Rare soil is a group of 17 heavy metals in the globe like Dysprosium, Neodymium and Cerium. In an evaluation by 2024, the US Geological Survey (USGS) was estimated at 110 million tons of ore in the world, including 44 million in China, the world’s largest rare land manufacturer today. It is estimated that there are 22 million tons of rare land in Brazil, 21 million tons in Vietnam, 10 million tons in Russia and 7 million tons in India.

However, rare soil exploitation requires a lot of chemicals, leading to huge toxic waste and causing some environmental disasters, making many countries afraid of the burden of production costs. In addition, it is necessary to handle large amounts of stone to create refined products in the form of powder.

Each rare soil in the group is used in industry and can be found in a series of daily equipment and high -tech items, from light bulbs to navigation missiles. For example, EuroPium is essential to produce TV screen, Cerium used in polishing glass and oil refining, Lanthanum helps the car air filter in the car operating. All rare soils have unique characteristics that are almost irreplaceable or can only be replaced at very expensive prices. For example, Neodymium and Dysprosium allows the manufacture of super -strong magnets that almost eternal requires less maintenance, helping to install wind -producing wind turbines.

For decades, Beijing has produced the rarest land through strong investment in refining. China also possesses a huge number of patents in rare soil production, an obstacle for other companies in other countries who want to handle raw materials on a large scale. As a result, many companies find that transporting ore to China for refining is cheaper, increasing dependence on the country.

Most of the rare US and European Union suppliers from China, but both are trying to increase their own production and recycling to reduce their dependence on foreign countries. Similarly, after China stopped exporting rare land in 2010, Japan also sought to diversify supply, sign an agreement with Australia’s Lynas Group and enhance recycling.