{"id":1675759,"date":"2025-02-15T23:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=1675759"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:28:02","slug":"rare-earths-increasingly-driving-us-geo-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/other-news\/2025-02-15\/rare-earths-increasingly-driving-us-geo-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare earths, controlled by China, are increasingly driving US geostrategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Madrid, Feb 15 (EFE). &#8211; United States mediation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine highlights Washington&#8217;s concern about the scarcity of rare earths, which have multiple applications in electronic and industrial materials and processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past five years, the market for critical minerals has doubled to 320 billion dollars and will likely double again by the end of the decade, according to a Goldman Sachs report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supply remains concentrated in China, which the same analysts estimate refines 85-90% of rare earths and produces 92% of rare earth magnets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enrique Feas, a researcher at the Real Instituto El Cano, told EFE that these materials are crucial for industrial production and that China has used its supply as a &#8220;warning&#8221; 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15 types of lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium &#8211; are often found together in nature and share several properties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with other materials such as tungsten, tellurium, or molybdenum, rare earths are used to make displays, batteries, or solar panels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China&#8217;s control has prompted the US and other countries to look for reserves elsewhere to protect their supply chains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feas explains that with the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, there has been a geopolitical shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe used to work on materials management in &#8220;cooperation&#8221; with the US, but now it has become &#8220;every man for himself,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-ukraine-to-greenland\"><strong>From Ukraine to Greenland<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered Trump a <a href=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/portada-america\/2025-02-05\/ukraine-seeks-to-exchange-access-to-its-rare-minerals-for-us-support-against-russia\/\">deal favorable to the US<\/a> which could include Ukraine&#8217;s rare earths and other minerals such as aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to some estimates, Ukraine is among the top 10 countries in rare earth extraction potential, including scandium and yttrium.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1675800\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-430x286.jpeg 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(FILE) Greenland flag flying in the town of Igaliku, Greenland, July 5, 2024 (issued 07 January 2025). EFE\/EPA\/Ida Marie Odgaard DENMARK OUT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trump is also interested in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, home to the Kvanefjeld (Crienfil) mine, one of the world&#8217;s largest rare earth deposits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some studies predict that up to 25% of the world&#8217;s reserves could lie under the Greenland ice, which explains the US and Chinese tycoons ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The management firm Wisdom Tree recalled in a report that in 2020, the World Bank suggested that production of critical minerals, including rare earths, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also predicted that the US, Australia, Brazil, and Vietnam, among others, will increase their activities in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alternatives-to-rare-earths\"><strong>Alternatives to rare earths<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Union adopted a regulation in 2024 to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of raw materials considered crucial for the ecological and digital transition, and the defense and space industries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweden has the most reserves in Europe, with studies showing that it has 1.3 million tons of rare earth oxides.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-1024x804.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1675805\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:507px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-1024x804.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-300x236.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-768x603.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-1536x1206.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-364x286.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-1200x943.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(FILE) A truck works on the construction of Australian mining company Lynas&#8217; future plant for rare earths &#8211; vital for industries such as military and technology &#8211; in Gebeng, Pahang state, about 270 kilometres east of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jun, 1, 2011. L.EFE\/AHMAD YUSNI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, the problem is the lack of refining plants, which does not solve the dependence on China, Vicente Guti\u00e9rrez of the Spanish Confederation of Mineral Raw Materials Industries told EFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, Guti\u00e9rrez stressed that extraction plans must be accompanied by the installation of refining plants.EFE <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mga\/mcd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid, Feb 15 (EFE). &#8211; United States mediation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine highlights Washington&#8217;s concern about the scarcity of rare earths, which have multiple applications in electronic and industrial materials and processes. 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