Ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Kina i 3737.2 Tons of Rare Earth i ʻApelila, i lalo o 22.9% mai Malaki.

Loaʻa ka inoa ʻo Rare Earth i ka inoa o "omnipotent land". He kumu waiwai liʻiliʻi loa ia ma nā ʻano ʻokiʻoki e like me ka ikehu hou, aerospace, semiconductor a pēlā aku. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāina laha nui loa o ka honua, he leo kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kina. Wahi a ka ʻikepili maʻamau, ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Kina i 3737.2 tons o ka honua laha i ʻApelila, ma lalo o 22.9% mai Malaki.

Me ka mana o Kina i ka ʻoihana honua laha ʻole, hopohopo ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Iapana a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i ka wā e emi ai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka honua rare a Kina, hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ka lako honua i nā pae like ʻole. Wahi a ka hōʻike hou loa ma Mei 18, ke hoʻolālā nei ka hui o UK ʻo HYPROMAG e hana hounā mākēneki honua raremai nā ʻāpana uila i hoʻolei ʻia e like me nā diski paʻakikī kamepiula kahiko.

Ke hoʻokō pono ʻia ka papahana, ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi wale i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni, akā lilo pū kekahi i ʻāpana o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o UK i kāna ʻōnaehana lako honua. Ua ʻike ʻoe, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia mahina, e ʻimi ana ka ʻāina i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana mālama aupuni o nā metala honua laha ʻole, i mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka ʻāina laha ʻole a hoʻemi i kona hilinaʻi ʻana i ka honua rare o Kina.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Pensana, kahi mea hoʻolako honua laha ʻole ma UK, e hoʻomohala a hoʻokumu i kahi kaulahao lako no nā metala honua. E hoʻolilo ʻo ia iā US $125 miliona no ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi mea kanu hoʻokaʻawale honua hoʻomau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paul Atherley, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka hui, ʻaʻole i lilo wale ka hale hoʻokaʻawale nui nui ma mua o 10 mau makahiki, akā ʻo kekahi o nā mea hana nui ʻekolu o ka honua (koe wale ʻo Kina).

Ma kahi o ka United Kingdom, ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Iapana, ʻEulopa a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e hoʻolālā e kūkulu i kā lākou hana ponoʻī honua. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike o ka London Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) e noʻonoʻo ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Australia a me nā ʻāina hui ʻelima ʻē aʻe e hui pū me Greenland, ka mea i waiwai i nā wahi mālama honua, e hōʻemi i ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻole. honua "off supply".

Wahi a nā helu helu ʻole, a hiki i kēia manawa, ua loaʻa i ka United Kingdom, Australia a me Kanada nā laikini mining 41 ma Greenland, ʻoi aku ma mua o 60%. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻokō mua nā ʻoihana o Kina i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka honua i ka mokupuni ma mua o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. Ua lanakila ʻo Shenghe Resources ke alakaʻi nui o Kina i ka 60% o nā waiwai o kahi mine honua nui ma ka hema o Greenland i ka makahiki 2016.