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Georgia’s heavy sand deposits, for example, have significant concentrations of titanium, zirconium, and rare earth elements. Processing those sands for rare earths has already proved profitable.


als, the exploration to locate rich mineral sources, and the construction required to set up mining and refinery processing operations, it can easily take up to three de- cades to generate substantial domestic production from one operation. Several proposals have been floated to reduce that time-


line, however. Scientists at Georgia Tech have proposed process-


ing tailings from existing mines, where rare earth metals may have been discarded as by-products. Essentially, this would amount to re-mining materials already pulled from the ground. Georgia’s heavy sand deposits, for example, have sig-


nificant concentrations of titanium, zirconium, and rare earth elements. Processing those sands for rare earths has already proved profitable. Chinese officials, meanwhile, hope the restoration of


rare earth imports under Trump’s trade deal will tamp down any new production initiatives. Savit is quite concerned that U.S. leaders may move on


once rare earth metals are plentiful again, allowing China to continue its rare earth dominance unabated. Savit says he’d like to see “a moon-shot” type program


to boost capacity and end U.S. rare earth dependence once and for all. But based on the lack of political will exhibited in prior presidential administrations, he’ll believe it when he sees it. “Unfortunately,” he tells Newsmax, “I think it’s more


likely that we’ll take the eye off the ball until someday there’s a real disaster.”


Cerium


Dysprosium Erbium


Europium Gadolinium


Holmium Indium


Iridium


Lanthanum Lutetium


Extremely hard steel, lasers Lasers, mercury vapor lamps


Magnets, lasers, X-ray tubes, MRIs, data storage devices


Lasers


Coatings for bearings in jet engines, semiconductors, liquid crystal displays


Boasting a melting point of 4,435 degrees Fahrenheit, it’s found in spark plugs and electrodes


Battery electrodes, camera lenses PET scans


Neodymium Lasers, magnets, ceramic capacitors Osmium


The densest metal found in nature. Its alloys are used in electrical contacts and anywhere else hard, incredibly durable metal is needed, such as in fountain pen tips


Praseodymium Magnets, lasers, carbon arcs, flint products Promethium Nuclear batteries Rhenium


Jet engine parts, catalysts used to make high-octane, lead-free gasoline


Rhodium Ruthenium Samarium Scandium


Tellurium Terbium


Thulium Yttrium


Ytterbium


Fiberglass production, flat-panel glass, neutron flux sensors in nuclear reactors


Durable electrical contacts, platinum alloys


Powerful magnets, lasers, neutron capture, coherent microwave “masers”


Used to fashion a remarkable, light aluminum alloy for aerospace use


Resistant to sulfuric acid; used in alloys of copper, iron, and lead


Lasers, fluorescent lamps Portable X-ray machines


Superconductors, microwave filters Infrared lasers


ost U.S. consumers have no idea how much their daily lives depend on rare earth elements they’ve


never heard of. You’ll find them in cordless power tools, smartphones, satellites, lasers, cell tower antennas, laptops, cameras, wireless charging stations, medical devices, auto transmissions, electric motors, speakers, and lighting systems — to name only a few. Among them:


Catalytic petroleum cracking in refineries Magnets, lasers


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