Rare earth minerals are used in everything from consumer electronics to military equipment such as jet engines, missile guidance systems satellites and lasers.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) announced Thursday that US mines produced approximately $86.3 billion in minerals in 2019 – more than $2 billion higher than revised 2018 production totals.
US metal mine production in 2019 was estimated to be $28.1 billion, or almost $500 million higher than in 2018. The principal contributors to the total value of metal mine production in 2018 were gold (32%), copper (28%), iron ore (19%) and zinc (7%).
http://www.mining.com/us-production-of-critical-rare-earth-minerals-increased-44-in-2019-report/
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