"Rare Earth": zeldzame aardmetalen

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Daar zijn we nog niet over uitgepraat.
Recent enorm in de belangstelling.
China zou over een quasi monopolie beschikken.

"Rare Earth" of in het Nederlands: zeldzame aardmetalen.
Volgens wikipedia gaat het om de navolgende 17 scheikundige elementen.

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Wie zoekt/boort die vindt:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/11/norw...th-metals.html

Norway discovers Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth metals

Published Tue, Jun 11 2024

Key Points

- Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe’s largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements.

- One of the few deposits not owned or controlled by China, the discovery of continental Europe’s largest rare earths deposit is considered a welcome boost in Europe’s bid to break China’s rare earths dominance.

- Alf Reistad, CEO of Rare Earths Norway, told CNBC that the discovery represents a “great milestone” for the company.

Rare Earths Norway said in a June 6 statement that its Fen Carbonatite Complex in the southeast of the country boasts 8.8 million metric tons of total rare earth oxides (TREOs) with a reasonable prospect for economic extraction.

Within the TREOs, which are considered vital to the global shift away from fossil fuels, the company says there is an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of magnet-related rare earths which can be used in electric vehicles and wind turbines.

The discovery eclipses a massive rare earths deposit found last year in neighboring Sweden.

Alf Reistad, CEO of Rare Earths Norway, told CNBC that the discovery at Fen represents a “great milestone” for the company.

“It is important to state that there is absolutely no extraction of rare earth elements in Europe today,” Reistad said via videoconference Monday.

One of the aims of the Critical Raw Materials Act is to extract at least 10% of the European Union’s annual demand for rare earths by 2030 and Rare Earths Norway says it hopes to contribute to that goal.

Rare Earths Norway said the rare earths deposit in Telemark, roughly 210 kilometers (130 miles) southwest of Oslo, is likely to underscore Norway’s position as an integral part of Europe’s rare earth and critical raw material value chain.

Rare earths ‘more important’ than oil and gas

The International Energy Agency has said that today’s supply falls short of what is needed to transform the energy sector. That’s because there is a relatively high geographical concentration of the production of many energy transition elements.

Most rare earth elements are located in China, with the world’s second-largest economy estimated to account for 70% of global rare earth ore extraction and 90% of rare earth ore processing.

China was the EU’s largest partner for imports of rare earth elements in 2022, accounting for 40% of overall imports based on weight.
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Ook in Zweden, wel 8,8 maal minder geschat:

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/13/swed...th-metals.html

- Swedish mining company LKAB discovered one million metric tons of rare earth oxides, which are used in electric vehicles and wind turbines.

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De definitie van "rare earth" lijkt voor interpretatie vatbaar.
Zo wordt Tungsten [Wolfraam] in bijvoorbeeld onderstaand artikel als "rare earth" omschreven, terwijl het dat eigenlijk niet is.
LINK

Men lijkt het soms gewoon te hebben over metalen waarnaar gewoon veel vraag is en waarvan de bevoorrading op zekere limieten botst.

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Ukraïne zou ook veel rare aardmetalen hebben, minstens 5% van de "critical raw materials" wereldwijd.

Maar daarnaast ook nog veel "zelfdzame" metalen enz...

Rusland zou landgebied veroverd hebben waar een potentiële waarde van $350 miljard ligt.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20le8jn282o

What minerals does Ukraine have and what are they used for?
1 May 2025

What minerals does Ukraine have?

Kyiv estimates that about 5% of the world's "critical raw materials" are in Ukraine.

This includes some 19m tonnes of proven reserves of graphite, which the Ukrainian Geological Survey state agency says makes the nation "one of the top five leading countries" for the supply of the mineral. Graphite is used to make batteries for electric vehicles.

Ukraine has 7% of Europe's supplies of titanium, a lightweight metal used in the construction of everything from aeroplanes to power stations.

It is also home to a third of all European lithium deposits, the key component in current batteries.

Other elements found in Ukraine include beryllium and uranium, which are both crucial for nuclear weapons and reactors.

Deposits of copper, lead, zinc, silver, nickel, cobalt and manganese are also significant.

Further, Ukraine has significant deposits of rare earth metals. These are a group of 17 elements that are used to produce weapons, wind turbines, electronics and other products vital in the modern world.

Some of the mineral deposits, however, have been seized by Russia. According to Svyrydenko, resources worth $350bn (£277bn) remain in occupied territories today.

In 2022, SecDev, a geopolitical risk consultancy based in Canada, conducted an evaluation, which established that Russia had occupied 63% of Ukrainian coal mines, as well as half of its manganese, caesium, tantalum and rare earth deposits.

Dr Robert Muggah, principal of SecDev, says that such minerals add a "strategic and economic dimension" in Russia's continued aggression. By seizing them, he says, Moscow denies access to revenue for Ukraine, expands its own resource base and influences global supply chains.

Andere links met duidelijke landkaarten:

https://theconversation.com/us-ukrai...-simple-250996

US, Ukraine sign ‘economic partnership’ centered on Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals – but extracting them isn’t so simple

Published: March 11, 2025

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/...tical-minerals

28 Feb 2025

Mapping Ukraine’s rare earth and critical minerals

Ukraine holds deposits of 22 out of 34 minerals the EU classifies as critical. Many are in parts controlled by Russia.

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Rusland zou landgebied veroverd hebben waar een potentiële waarde van $350 miljard ligt.

Dat kan, in ondergeschikte orde, als neveneffect.

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"critical raw materials"

De EU heeft een lijst van 34 kritische en/of strategische materialen. Onderstaande link duidt China aan als de grootste producent van de meeste van deze kritische materialen.
LINK

Zo zou China 83% van de wereldwijde productie van het hoger vermelde Tungsten [Wolfraam] voor zich nemen.
Mark Elchardus wijdt een opiniestuk in De Morgen aan Tungsten [Wolfraam]: LINK

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