In 2023, the United States produced some 43,000 metric tons of rare earth mineral concentrates (bastnäsite), in addition to 250 metric tons of rare earth compounds and metals.
Bastnäsite is a group of three carbonate-fluoride minerals, each composed of different combinations of the rare earth elements cerium, lanthanum, and yttrium in combination with carbonate-fluoride. Rare earth elements today are commonly used in automobile catalysts and petroleum refining catalysts, televisions, magnets, batteries, and medical devices.
Production of rare earths in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by type
(in metric tons of rare-earth oxide equivalent)
*Bastnäsite concentrates.
**Estimated.
Figures for 2016 and 2017 were not available due to withheld proprietary data.
This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report. Data for rare earth compounds and metals production only available from 2021 onwards.
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US Geological Survey. (January 29, 2024). Production of rare earths in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by type (in metric tons of rare-earth oxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/616801/basnasite-concentrates-production-in-the-united-states/
US Geological Survey. "Production of rare earths in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by type (in metric tons of rare-earth oxide equivalent)." Chart. January 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616801/basnasite-concentrates-production-in-the-united-states/
US Geological Survey. (2024). Production of rare earths in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by type (in metric tons of rare-earth oxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616801/basnasite-concentrates-production-in-the-united-states/
US Geological Survey. "Production of Rare Earths in The United States from 2012 to 2023, by Type (in Metric Tons of Rare-earth Oxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/616801/basnasite-concentrates-production-in-the-united-states/
US Geological Survey, Production of rare earths in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by type (in metric tons of rare-earth oxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/616801/basnasite-concentrates-production-in-the-united-states/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Production of rare earths in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by type (in metric tons of rare-earth oxide equivalent) [Graph], US Geological Survey, January 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/616801/basnasite-concentrates-production-in-the-united-states/
