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A loader shifts soil containing rare earth minerals to be loaded at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, for export to Japan, on Sept. 5, 2010. STR/AFP via Getty Images
As the Biden administration commits the nation to transitioning from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles (EVs), the United States needs 10 times the amount of rare earth metals than it currently has or can produce to meet that commitment—and that’s just for EVs.
