Rare earth rush endangers rural communities and conservation areas in Brazil

Mongabay
Sep 15, 2025, 11:30 am108 pts
Brazil ranks among the countries with the largest reserves of rare earth elements. But scaling up the extraction of these metals, used in various high-tech applications and essential to the clean energy transition, could lead to an increase conflicts in at least five Brazilian states, activists warn. Brazil…

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