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The minerals powering modern life and the global race to control them

That MRI scan you had last month? It relied on rare earths. So does every smartphone, every electric vehicle and every wind turbine. These 17 metallic elements are quietly essential to modern life. And right now, nations are scrambling to secure them. Australia sits right in the middle of this global tug of war. Rare, but not really Despite the name, rare earths are not especially scarce. They are found across the Earth’s crust. The tricky par…
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yourlifechoices.com.au broke the news on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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