rare earth
noun
1
: any of a group of similar oxides of metals or a mixture of such oxides occurring together in widely distributed but relatively scarce minerals
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Imports of iron ore and rare earths plunged roughly 30%.
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
According to the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, China currently dominates the rare earth supply chain, producing 70 percent of the world's supply and handling 90 percent of global rare earth ore processing.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The agreement, which the two sides still have not signed, would give the U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth deposits and could be of value to U.S. aerospace, electric vehicle and medical manufacturing.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Zelenskyy also left the Oval Office clash without signing an agreement with Trump to grant the U.S. access to some of Ukraine's rare earth minerals.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
According to the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, China currently dominates the rare earth supply chain, producing 70 percent of the world's supply and handling 90 percent of global rare earth ore processing.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The agreement, which the two sides still have not signed, would give the U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth deposits and could be of value to U.S. aerospace, electric vehicle and medical manufacturing.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Zelenskyy also left the Oval Office clash without signing an agreement with Trump to grant the U.S. access to some of Ukraine's rare earth minerals.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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rare earth
noun
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: any of a group of similar oxides of metals or a mixture of such oxides occurring together in widely distributed but relatively scarce minerals
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