Europe’s largest rare earth deposits

Large deposits of rare earth oxides, essential for high-tech manufacturing including electric vehicles, wind turbines and mobile phones, have been found in northern Sweden


Kiruna mine: World’s largest iron-ore mine, 1,385m deep

Per Geijer deposit: 1 million tonnes of rare earth oxides

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Kiruna
SWEDEN
Stockholm

	
17 RARE EARTH ELEMENTS		None currently mined in Europe

High-strength magnets, electric motors, fuel cells, computers
Neodymium (Nd)
Praseodymium (Pr) 
Samarium (Sm)
Dysprosium (Dy) 
Terbium (Tb)

Batteries, hydrogen vehicles
Lanthanum (La)
Lutetium  (Lu)
Gadolinium (Gd)
Holmium (Ho)

Lasers, light bulbs, missile guidance
Cerium (Ce)
Yttrium (Y) 
Europium (Eu)
Scandium (Sc)
Thulium (Tm)
Ytterbium (Yb)
Promethium (Pm)
Erbium (Er)


Source: LKAB, Cummins 
Pictures: Ames Laboratory 
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