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Come inside, look around the house and see how each room relies on the elements.
Surviving the day without critical minerals is practically impossible in the modern world.
A hundred years ago, society was reliant on about a dozen main metals. Now nearly the entire periodic table is needed to sustain our daily lives.
Rare earths have become a hot commodity, used as a bargaining chip in Donald Trump's tariff wars, exposing supply chain vulnerabilities and highlighting China's upper hand.
With mind-boggling names such as praseodymium, dysprosium, and ytterbium — not to be mistaken for yttrium — it can be easy to glaze over.
But due to critical minerals' essential role in technologies, economies and national security, these elements will continue to demand attention.
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