What this place is
These clay hills are the reason dysprosium and terbium supply is so concentrated. There is no comparable heavy-rare-earth resource in commercial production elsewhere.
What comes out
Rare Earths (all)
A family of seventeen metals that are not actually rare in the ground, but are hard to separate from each other…
Dysprosium
A heavy rare earth added in small amounts to magnets so they keep working when they get hot.
Gadolinium
A rare earth that absorbs neutrons better than almost anything, and that makes MRI scans easier to read.
Terbium
The scarcest of the four magnet rare earths, used in tiny quantities to make a magnet survive high temperature.
Yttrium
Counted as a rare earth even though it sits elsewhere on the periodic table, because it behaves like one and is found…
A “by-product” is a metal recovered because it happens to be in the same rock, not because anyone went looking for it. Its supply therefore follows the primary metal’s economics, not its own.
Who owns it
| Company | Role | Interest |
|---|---|---|
| China Rare Earth Group | State miner | Operator |
As publicly reported by the operators. Ownership of large mines changes; verify against current company filings before relying on it.