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Originally Posted by JMvS
Problem with REE (Rare Earth Elements) are not finding deposits: these are relatively common, and the US and Australia have large reserves, but the fact that mining it and refining requires high operating costs, unless you're not too concerned abouth severe pollution: massive acid leaching is used during extraction, and refining is problematic for REE deposits are generally asociated with a substantial radioactive Thorium content.
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Pretty much the reason that Australia wants to mine the REE but have them processed in Malaysia.