Australian rare earths: A healthy alternative to Chinese supply?

摘要

Having built up its rare earths industry two decades ago, China became and remains the dominant global producer of the minerals, supplying 85-90% of the world's needs. Dudley Kingsnorth, a professor at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia (WA) and a leading expert in rare earths, estimates that worldwide demand for rare earth oxides (REO) was around 146,000 tonnes in 2015 with a market value of $2-4bn.