Rare earth rush endangers rural communities and conservation areas in Brazil
via news.mongabay.com
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Brazil ranks among the countries with the largest reserves of rare earth elements. But scaling up the extraction of these metals, used in various high-tech applications and essential to the clean energy transition, could lead to an increase conflicts in at least five Brazilian states, activists warn. Brazil holds 23% of global rare earth reserves, […]