Ganzhou ionic clays

China · In-situ leach

Opened: 1970
Region: Jiangxi
Status: Active
Country: China
Type: In-situ leach
Latitude: 24.9
Longitude: 114.8

Notes

Heavy rare earths adsorbed on ordinary clay, leached in place with ammonium sulfate — nearly all the world's dysprosium and terbium, at severe cost to the hillsides.

Commodities

Terbium Yttrium Dysprosium

Referenced by

element

Dysprosium Terbium Yttrium

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