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Demand Soars for Rare Earth Metals through 2017-2021
Rare Earth Metals, despite what the name would suggest, aren’t particularly rare. They are however all found clumped together, in a single ore, and are thus difficult to separate into individual elements. What are rare earth metals? There are 17 rare elements- 15 from the lanthanide series, alongside Scandium (At.no 21) and Yttrium (At.no 39)….