Rare Earth Elements Will Be Used in Domestic Cars

It is one of the most talked about projects of recent times in our country. domestic car project is coming. In fact, the groundbreaking ceremony of the production facility in Gemlik was held last week. Today, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Fatih Dönmez, also announced the domestic automobile project in a written statement. concerning He made very important statements. The statements made can also be seen as a ray of hope for Türkiye's economy.

The statements made by Fatih Dönmez are actually rare earth elements (NTE) was about. Stating that Türkiye has carried out important work in this context in just 2 years, Dönmez said that now cerium, paraseodmium, thorium, lanthanum, neodymium, uranium and heavy rare earth oxides (C) with purity over 99 percent are being produced.ANTO) said it was won. The Minister announced that industrial facilities regarding this issue will be established and the end production journey will begin with the elements to be obtained.

Stating that REE is worthless before decomposition, Dönmez states that it becomes very valuable after decomposition. Minister Fatih Dönmez, who made this statement more understandable with numbers, stated that the tone of the undifferentiated NTE 1 dollar, the tone of the decomposed NTE is 200 thousand dollars He says it can be sold around . According to the minister's statements, Türkiye has converted mines into mines that it will sell for 200 thousand dollars per ton.

NTE will also be used in domestic cars

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Dönmez also touched upon the usage areas of NTE. Dönmez said that such elements are used in many products today; missile launchers, digital cameras, MRI devices, night vision cameras and on smartphones He stated that there was NTE. Emphasizing that NTE is of critical importance for the automotive industry, Minister Dönmez said that NTE in domestic car He added that it will also be used.

Stating that the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration is working on rare earth elements, Minister Dönmez also touched upon which rare earth elements are extracted in Türkiye. In this context, Fatih Dönmez focuses on different elements, especially EskisehirHe stated that there are important mines in . According to Minister Dönmez, under Eskişehir; barite, fluorite, thorium, uranium and REE are present. Minister, according to MTA data, the mineral deposit in Eskişehir 30 million tons It says it is at capacity.

Not only Eskişehir but also Malatya is rich in REE

Minister Dönmez said that the bed in Eskişehir is in Türkiye that you are not the only one, states that with the work carried out, another deposit was unearthed in the Kuluncak region of Malatya. With the research conducted in Türkiye 13 different NTEsStating that there are , Dönmez says that these elements are now used in the end product production journey.