Among the eight rare-earth metals covered in Pike’s analysis, demand is expected to be greatest for yttrium (about 5,500 tonnes annually by 2017), cerium (2,200 tonnes), lanthanum (1,700 tonnes) and neodymium (1,500 tonnes).
Rare-earth demand to leap
1 November 2011 16:36 GMT
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25 November 2012 16:59 GMT
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