The rare earth metals (or rare earth elements, REEs) production of Myanmar in 2023 amounted to 72 000 tonnes, which is 200% more than in 2022, when it was 24 000 tonnes. This is the first year of growth after a decline. According to the British Geological Survey statistics, since 2013, the annual volume of rare earth metals production has increased in 720.00 times. The minimum was recorded in 2013, with a value of 100 tonnes. The maximum mining volume of rare earth metals in Myanmar was in 2023, when it reached 72 000 tonnes.
Rare earth metals refer to a group of 17 chemically similar metallic elements that are essential in modern technology - from smartphones and electric vehicles to wind turbines and military systems. They are divided into two main groups:
1. Light Rare Earth Elements (LREEs):Lanthanum (La), Cerium (Ce), Praseodymium (Pr), Neodymium (Nd), Promethium (Pm) (radioactive, very rare), Samarium (Sm).
2. Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREEs): Europium (Eu), Gadolinium (Gd), Terbium (Tb), Dysprosium (Dy), Holmium (Ho), Erbium (Er), Thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb), Lutetium (Lu), Yttrium (Y) (not a lanthanide, but chemically similar and always included).
Mining of rare earth metals | Myanmar – yearly data, chart and table
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As defined by IUPAC, a rare earth element (REE) or rare earth metal is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium.[2] Scandium and yttrium are considered rare earth elements because they tend to occur in the same ore deposits as the lanthanides and exhibit similar chemical properties.
