4 Rare Earth Elements That Will Only Get More Important - Popular Mechanics

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4 Rare Earth Elements That Will Only Get More Important - Popular Mechanics:

"Rare earth elements—a set of 17 related metals, mostly shunted off to a tacked-on lower line of the periodic table—are crucial to the way we live now; responsible for miniaturizing computers and headphones, powering hybrid cars and more. Increasingly important to technology, they're also playing a larger role in geopolitical maneuvering.

Today, more than 95 percent of all rare earth elements come from China, while the United States produces at most 2 percent."

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