rare earth
noun[CorU]
NATURAL RESOURCESukus(alsorare earth element,rare earth metal)one of agroupofmetalchemicalelementsthat aredifficulttofindinlargequantities, and areimportantfortechnologyandmanufacturing:
Rareearthsarekeyin themanufactureofgoodssuch asflatscreentelevisionsandhybridcars.
arareearthmineral/mine/miningcompany