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US

Rare

Earth1

IndustrySource:

USGS[Data

in

metric

tons

of

rcrc-eaCh

oxide

(REO)

equivale

nt

content

un

less

otherwise

noted]Domestic

Prcducticn

and

Use:

Rare

eaChs

were

mined

domestically

in

2018.

Bastnaesite

(or

bashnasite),

a

rare

eaCh

fluorccarConate

mderel,

was

mined

as

a

primary

prcduch

at

a

mine

in

Mountain

Pass,

CA,

which

was restaced

in

the

first

quacer

of

2018

after

being

put

on

care-and-maintenance

status

in

the

fouch

quacer

of

2015.

Monazite,

a

phosphate

minercl,

also

may

have

been

prcduced

as

a

separcted

concentrcte

or

in

eluded

as

an

accessoc

minercl

in

heavy-mi

neral

concen

trctes.

The

estimated

value

of

rare-eachcompo

unds

and

metals

impoCed

by

the

Un

ited

States

in

2018

was

$160

million,

an

in

crease

frem

$137millicn

in

2017.

The

estimated

distriCuticn

of

rare

eaChs

by

end

use

was

as

follews:

catalysta,

60%;

ceramics

and

gless,

15%;

metallurgical

applicahcns

and

alloys,

10%;

polishing,

10%;

and

other,

5%.Salient

Statistics—United

States:2014—2015s15,900Production,

bastnaesite

concentrates5,400B3000Importt:2ComponndtMn—t：14,3009,16011,50011,9009,350Ferrocerium.,

alloyt2054040?952400?1,900Rare-earth

metalt,

bceeCium,

aed

yttnumExport::2Componndt4,3904,9855991,9441,900主管单位:中国稀土学会

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