Rare earth metals or rare earth elements (REEs) are a relatively abundant group of seventeen elements found in the periodic table. Out of the seventeen, fifteen elements comprise the lanthanide series found between atomic number 57 and 71. The rare earths can further be divided into two categories—heavy rare earth elements (HREE’s) and light rare earth elements (LREEs). The demand for rare earth metal in North America was estimated 13,027.44 tons in 2012, and is projected to reach 20,742.72 tons by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 8.1% from 2013. Cerium oxide is a major type of major type of rare earth elements, and has a huge demand in North America. Rare earth elements are widely used in metal alloys and catalysts industry which is growing in North America.
These elements are relatively abundant in nature even though their name suggests otherwise. Each REE is more common in the earth's crust than silver, gold or platinum, while cerium, yttrium, neodymium, and lanthanum are more common than lead. Thulium and lutetium are the least abundant REEs with crustal abundance of approximately 0.5 parts per million. The radioactive element promethium does not occur freely in nature. Rare earth metals are widely used in various applications such as permanent magnets, metal alloys, glass polishing, glass additives, catalysts, phosphors, ceramics, and others.
The North American chemical industry is a significant part of the country’s economy.The industry is divided in four segments including Base chemicals, Specialty chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Consumer chemicals. U.S. is the largest chemical producer in North America, followed by Canada. In the past, most of North America’s chemical industry growth was driven by domestic sales, but these days, the country’s growth is shared dependent on both the domestic and the export market. North America is the second-largest region in the world to produce rare earth elements. North America’s mine deposits, innovative technologies, and research and development enable the region to meet the demand for rare earth market to some extent. U.S. is the major consumer of Rare earth elements in North America. Subsequent to U.S. is Canada.
The key countries covered in North America Rare earth elements Market are U.S, and Canada. The types of rare earth metals studied include lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, and others. Further, as a part of qualitative analysis, the North America Rare earth elements Market research report provides a comprehensive review of the important drivers, restraints, opportunities, and burning issues in the rare earth elements market.
The North America Rare earth elements Market report also provides an extensive competitive landscape of the companies operating in this market. It also includes the company profiles of and competitive strategies adopted by various market players, including Alkane Resources Ltd (Australia), Arafura Resources Ltd (Australia), Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (Canada), and Baotou Hefa Rare Earth Co. Ltd. (China).
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