The rare earth metals (or rare earth elements, REEs) production of South Africa in 1996 amounted to 0 tons, which is на 0tons less than in 1995, when it was also 0 tons. . According to the British Geological Survey statistics, since 1992, the annual volume of rare earth metals production has not changed. The minimum was recorded in 1996, with a value of 0 tons.
The maximum mining volume of rare earth metals in South Africa was in 1993, when it reached 280 tons. 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 | South Africa – yearly data, chart and table
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