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The periodic table has 17 rare earths. Most people know zero.

They're in your phone, your car, your headphones. Every EV motor, every wind turbine, every missile guidance system runs on them. And one country controls the entire supply chain, from mine to finished magnet.

Element 17 is a daily newsletter that tracks this market the way a Bloomberg terminal tracks stocks: prices, deals, policy shifts, geopolitics. Written for investors, industry insiders, and anyone who wants to understand the materials race shaping the next 30 years.

No chemistry degree required.

This Week in Rare Earths

Japan Is Months From Running Out of Yttrium – and It Spent Sixteen Years Preparing for This

Oct 23, 2026

Japan Is Months From Running Out of Yttrium – and It Spent Sixteen Years Preparing for This

Up to 80% of Rare Earth Oxides Sold Outside China May Still Trace Back to Chinese Supply

Oct 22, 2026

Up to 80% of Rare Earth Oxides Sold Outside China May Still Trace Back to Chinese Supply

The World Bank Just Raised Its Critical Minerals Target to $19 Billion

Oct 21, 2026

The World Bank Just Raised Its Critical Minerals Target to $19 Billion

The 2010 Japan Playbook, Sixteen Years Later

Oct 20, 2026

The 2010 Japan Playbook, Sixteen Years Later

Oct 19, 2026

Dysprosium at $2,158/kg, up 377% This Year – and the Mine That Could Help Is Gridlocked

Oct 16, 2026

The Steenkampskraal Mine Was Found in 1949, Closed in the 1960s, and Cut Its Ribbon This Month

Oct 15, 2026

Six Officials Flew to a Nebraska Cornfield on a Tuesday. Here Is What Brought Them.

Oct 14, 2026

Europe’s €21.1 Billion Critical Minerals Plan Has One Problem: the Money Isn’t Guaranteed

Oct 13, 2026

The Red Clay Hills of Jiangxi Gave China 90% of Global Rare Earth Supply. The Same Geology Just Turned up in Bahia.

Oct 12, 2026

Mine-to-Magnet Sounds Complete. It Stops in the Middle.

Oct 9, 2026

A Rare Earth Deposit in Andalusia Sat Untouched for Forty Years. Osmond Resources Thinks It Can Mine It for Free.

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