Prioritizing Rare Earth Access: The European Union at the China Summit
Understanding Rare Earth Elements Rare earth elements (REEs) encompass a group of 17 chemically similar metallic elements that play a crucial role in the manufacturing of various high-tech products and systems. Comprising the 15 lanthanide elements plus scandium and yttrium, these materials are not actually “rare” in the traditional sense; rather, they are rarely found … Read more