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That's what I was going to ask: can anyone comment as to whether this is a disruptive event? Or is Europe so ordinarily devoid of such metals that it's comparat
by detrites 4y ago
That's what I was going to ask: can anyone comment as to whether this is a disruptive event? Or is Europe so ordinarily devoid of such metals that it's comparatively little versus world supply?
- amarant 4y agoAbout 3% of rare earth metals mined globally are mined in Europe currently. About 30% of the global supply is used in Europe tho. That doesn't really indicate how much is available in the ground, but only what's being actively mined. Someone else wondered about concentrations of rare earth metals in the ground in this finding, and it's "unusually high: 0.18%" My source is both paywalled and in Swedish, sorry about that, but here it is: https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/jattefynd-av-sallsynta-jordartsmetaller-i-kiruna/ https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/jattefynd-av-sallsynta-jordartsmet...
- kwhitefoot 4y agoDoesn't seem to be pay-walled at the moment although DN does encourage you to log in. I archived it on the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20230112191438/https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/jattefynd-av-sallsynta-jordartsmetaller-i-kiruna/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230112191438/https://www.dn.se...