Rare earths

Rare earths are indispensable minerals in critical industries such as defense electronics and high-tech. The international craze for these high-tech products and their indispensability to everyday life as well as in strategic sectors has made rare earths the object of geopolitical stakes between powers and between countries producing these minerals.This book aims to provide an insight into these minerals their production sites their role in various strategic sectors and the geopolitical repercussions of the competition surrounding their exploitation.