Rare Earth Extraction in Goiás Becomes a Billion-Dollar Business with American Acquisition.

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In northern Goiás, more than 300 kilometers from Brasília, a winding dirt road branches off from a state highway and crosses still-preserved Cerrado hills to reach an area that houses a billion-dollar business. There, in approximately 50 square kilometers, the main rare earth elements (a set of chemical elements fundamental to various technological applications) are extracted in the first – and, for now, only – operation of its kind outside of A…