Not only lithium4 Nov 2021 10:10
Rare Earth
Currently the country according to President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa lacks the know-how and resources of extracting these minerals, however, with the world rushing towards Electric Vehicles and strengthening militaries, the country will definitely attract foreign investment in mining and processing these minerals.
Premier African Minerals, which is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange is reportedly prospecting for rare-earth elements in Matabeleland North, near the Zambian border.
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbium (Er), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), holmium (Ho), lanthanum (La), lutetium (Lu), neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), scandium (Sc), terbium (Tb), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), and yttrium (Y).
This article first appeared in the December 2020 issue of Mining Zimbabwe Magazine
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