LETTER: SA’s rare-earth deposits
Vanrhynsdorp's Steenkampskraal mine has the world's richest monazite ore
04 June 2019 - 05:00
House prices in the Namaqua’s Vanrhynsdorp may be starting to rise.
China, by far the world’s biggest supplier of rare earths, has threatened to top supplying the US. The 17 elements collectively known as rare earths, with names like neodymium, dysprosium, ytterbium and cerium, are critical for defence equipment, electric cars, cellphones, smart bombs and airplanes. The US sees them as critical for maintaining its security, yet it produces almost none...
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