Friday, October 24, 2025, 7:30 pm — SBU-Dept Geosciences-Earthand Space Sciences 001
According to the USGS "A critical mineral is one that is important for specialized applications yet is at risk for supply disruption" Rare Earth Elements (REEs) fit this definition. They are essential components that underpin technologies important to advanced energy systems and national security, for example. Their uneven global distribution, concentration of production in a few countries, and environmentally intensive extraction processes pose significant geopolitical and sustainability challenges. Research and policy efforts increasingly focus on diversifying supply sources through geological exploration, substitution, and circular economy (recycling) approaches. Securing resilient and sustainable access to REs is the challenge of our time. Such challenges are not without precedence in human history, where we see that from the stone age to the present, technological innovation has depended critically on mineralogical research.
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