Mines & Extraction · mine
Bayan Obo
China · Open pit
- Opened
- 1957
- Region
- Inner Mongolia
- Status
- Active
- Country
- China
- Type
- Open pit
- Latitude
- 41.77
- Longitude
- 109.97
Notes
The largest rare-earth deposit on Earth, supplying about half of the world's rare earths — opened as an iron mine, with the rare earths as an afterthought; the tailings lake at Baotou is one of the most contaminated places in China.
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