Open-File Report 2013–1072
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Bleiwas, D.I., and Gambogi, Joseph, 2013, Preliminary estimates of the quantities of rare-earth elements contained in selected products and in imports of semimanufactured products to the United States, 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open–File Report 2013–1072, 14 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1072/.
Abstract
Introduction
How Rare-Earth Elements Are Used
Exploration Activity and Vulnerability of Supply
Current Sources of Production
Preliminary Estimates of Quantities of Rare-Earth Elements in Manufactured and Imported Products in the United States
Additional Research Ongoing and Planned
Summary and Preliminary Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References Cited