Ann: Encouraging rare earth element results - Cloud Nine Project, page-29

The US wants to move away from the reliance on China's monopoly regarding REE's

"The U.S. lists dozens of critical minerals including rare earths as vital to its economic security: lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese for EV batteries; copper and aluminium for power grids; dysprosium and terbium for missiles and jet engines; as well as neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium for magnets and semiconductors."
"Observers say the contest over the composition of tomorrow's supply chain—from extradition to refinement—could be as intense as energy crises of the past, such as the 1970s Arab oil embargo that sent prices surging in the U.S., or Europe's current Russian gas crunch."