User:Uneven Steven/Association for Rare Earth

RARE, The Association for Rare Earth is a non-partisan international advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.  RARE advocates for rare earth element industry producers, end-users, and retailers regarding supply availability, trade, licensing, affordability and other policy matters. On October 24, 2011, RARE led the industry in calling for the creation of rare earths caucuses in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

Rare earth elements
Rare earth elements (REEs) are 17 chemical elements on the periodic table and are fundamental to the manufacture of many products with an environmental, health, or safety focus, as well as to commonly used electronic devices. REEs are used to make hybrid automobiles, solar panels, wind turbines, smart phones, personal computing tablets, flat screen monitors, specialty magnets, hard drives, MRI scanners, advanced jet engines, guided missiles, specialty glass for the motion picture industry and much more.

China currently produces approximately 95% of the REEs in the world and is tightening its export controls, creating alarm among high-tech and national security sectors alike.

President and CEO
RARE's President and CEO is Adam Falkoff, a well-known figure in the international relations and energy community.