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Ocean | Matrix | ΣREE range (µg/g) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
East Siberian Arctic Shelf | Bottom sediments | 104 to 220 | [44] |
Central North Pacific Ocean | Siliceous sediments | 810.4 | [46] |
Afanasy Niktin Seamount (ANS) in the Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean. | Cobalt crust | 1727 – 2511 | [38,39] |
Mid-Pacific seamount | Cobalt-rich crusts | 2085 | [47] |
Indian Ocean | Ferromanganese crust | 928 - 1570 | [48] |
Scotia Sea | Ferromanganese crust | 3400 | [49] |
Eastern South Pacific | Deep sea mud | 1000 – 2230 | [50] |
North Pacific (east & west of Hawaiian Islands) | Deep sea mud | 400 – 1000 | |
Minamitorishima Island in the Western North Pacific | REE-Rich Mud | >1446.2 (REE+Y) | [51] |
South China Sea | Ferromanganese nodule deposits | 1460 (avg) | [52] |
Indian Ocean | REY-rich mud | > 400 | [53] |
Marine sediments | 585 - 920 | ||
Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean | Ferromanganese crust, summit of southern seamount |
1139 | [54] |
Ferromanganese crust within the two peaks of the same seamount. | 2285 | ||
Lakshadweep Sea, Indian Ocean | Ferromanganese crust, | La (200) & Y (150) | [55] |
West Sewell Ridge, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean | Ferromanganese crust | 1600 | [56] |
Manganese nodules | 1186 | ||
Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, North-eastern Pacific Ocean |
Deep-sea sediments | >700 | [57] |
West Clarion–Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean | Marine sediments | 454.7 (REE+Y) | [58] |
North Pacific Ocean near Minamitorishima Island, Japan | Deep-sea mud | > 5,000 (REE+Y) | [60] |
Mid Pacific Ocean | Fe-Mn nodules | 1178 - 1434 | [60] |
Pacific Ocean | Deep nodules | 1326 | [61] |
Shallow nodules | 1398 | ||
Pacific Ocean | ocean-floor sediments | 22,000 | [62] |
Ocean | Phosphorites | Average concentration (µg/g) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Pacific and northeast Atlantic | Seamount phosphorites | 727 (∑REE+ Y) | [40] |
Continental margin phosphorites | 161 (∑REE+ Y) | ||
Doushantou Formation, South China | Danzhai phosphorite deposit | 21 to 447 (∑REE) | [67] |
Meishucun excavation sites, South China | Cambrian phosphorites | 99.1 - 709.7 (∑REE) | [68] |
Sedimentary Abu Tartur phosphate ore, Egypt | Phosphate ore | 0.05-0.20 wt. % (∑REE) | [65] |
Mississippian phosphorites, USA | Phosphorite ore | 18,000 (∑REE) | [69] |
Mountain Pass phosphorites, USA |
Phosphorite ore | ||
Chinese clay-type Phosphorite deposits | Phosphorite ore | 500 to 2000 (∑REE) | [70] |
Hazm Al-Jalamis Phosphorites, Saudi Arabia | Phosphorites | <121.8 (∑REE+ Y) | [71] |
Pabdeh Formation, Khormuj anticline, SW of Iran | Phosphorites | 48 to 682 ∑REE | [72] |
Northern African phosphorite deposits (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia) | 39.2 to 1759.4 ∑REE | [66] | |
South China | Phosphorus-bearing dolomites |
330 ∑REY | [73] |
Phosphorus dolomites | 676 ∑REY | ||
Phosphorites | 1477 ∑REY |
Country | Type of sediment | ∑REE | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Indigirka River, in the Laptev Sea | River sediments | 124 to 197 | [44] |
Rhine river sediments, Europe | Upper Rhine | 136.07 | [74] |
Middle Rhine | 215.32 | ||
Lower Rhine | 340.45 | ||
Tributaries | 291.39 | ||
Himalayan river system sediments | Brahmaputra | 95 | [75] |
Ganges | 97 | ||
Megna | 107 | ||
Padma | 131 | ||
Jamuna | 152 | ||
Yamuna | 100 | ||
Rivers of the east coast of India | Cauvery | 171 | [77] |
Pennar | 203 | ||
Krishna | 131 | ||
Godavari-Vasista | 194 | ||
Godavari-Gauthami | 290 | ||
Mahanadi | 270 | ||
Hooghly | 167 | ||
South America | Amazon sediments | 217 | [78] |
The Mgoua watershed, Cameroon, Africa | Sediments | 282 to 728 Average 550 |
[79] |
China | Stream sediments | 212 | [80] |
Catchment sediments | 187 | ||
Soils | 190 | ||
Sri Lanka | Lake sediments* | 1011 | [74] |
Yellow River, China | River sediment | 149 | [81] |
Estuary | 165 | ||
Laizhou Bay | 173 |
Place & Country | Material | ∑REE (µg/g) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
World average | Fly ash | 450 | [93] |
404 | [84] | ||
Poland | Fly ash | 101 - 543 | [94] |
Faer power plant in Guizhou Province, China | Fly ash | 240.20 to 520.27 | [95] |
lignite coal-based thermal power plants, India | Fly ash | 2100 | [96] |
Collie Basin, Western Australia | Fly ash | 0.21% ∑REO | [35] |
Pond Creek coalbed, Pike County, Kentucky, US | Coal | <300 to >1000 | [87] |
World hard coal | Coal | 69 | [84] |
World low-rank coal | 65 | ||
World coal | 68 | ||
US coal | 62 | ||
China | 138 | ||
South Korea | Fly ash | 267 to 556 | [97] |
Coal bed, Eastern Kentucky, US | Fire clay | 1965–4198 | [98] |
Qianxi coal-fired power plant, Guizhou province, China | Fly ash | 630.51 | [73] |
Thermal Power Station II (TS II) of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | Fly ash | 2160 (∑REE) 300 (Y) |
[99] |
Central Appalachian Coal-Related Strata, West Virginia (WV) and Central Pennsylvania (PA), US | WV MKT underclay | 297 | [100] |
WV MKT coarse coal refuse |
345 | ||
Central PA LKT underclay |
221 | ||
Central PA MKT underclay |
728 |
Location | REE (µg/g) | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
La | Ce | Pr | Nd | Sm | Eu | Gd | Tb | Dy | Ho | Er | Yb | Y | Sc | |
Average in Earth’s crust [108] | 39 | 66 | 9 | 41 | 7 | - | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 22 |
Chinalco, China [109] | 416 | 842 | 95 | 341 | 64 | - | 56 | 184 | 48 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 266 | 158 |
Australia [110] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 54 |
Brazil [111] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 43 |
India [112] | 110 | 70 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
India [113] | 58 | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 |
India [109] | 112 | 191 | 18 | 48 | 9 | - | 7 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | 58 |
Jamaica [114] | 287 | 366 | 74 | 69 | 0 | - | 37 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 373 | 55 |
Greece [115] | 114 | 386 | 28 | 98 | 21 | - | 22 | - | 16 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 75 | 121 |
Alumine de Greece, Greece [116] | 130 | 480 | 29 | 107 | 19 | - | 22 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 108 | - |
Greece [117] | 127 | 409 | 28 | 103 | 20 | - | 18 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 98 | - |
Greece [118] | 149 | 418 | 26 | 115 | 29 | 5.0 | 23 | - | 1 | 4.3. | 17 | 16 | 91. | |
Ajka, Hungary [119] | 114 | 368 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | - |
Turkey [117] | 169 | 480 | 47 | 161 | 32 | - | 4 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 113 | - |
Russian Federation [120] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | 25 |
Russian Federation [109] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 90 |
Iran [120] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 |
Country | Industrial waste | ∑REE | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Poland | Uranium mine tailings, Sudety region | 64.9- 109.8 µg/g | [106] |
Southern Shanxi Province, China | Low-grade bauxite | 1539 µg/g | [121] |
Greece | Bauxite | 192 to 1109 (avg. 463) ΣREE + Y+Sc | [122] |
Australia | Low–grade saprolite ore | 1.14% (∑REE oxides) |
[104] |
Poland | Metallurgical industry waste. | >140 µg/g | [107] |
Malaysia | Water Leach Purification (WLP) residue | 88367 µg/g with Gd as the most abundant element | [123] |
Canada | Red Mud | 0.03 wt% | [124] |
Jamaica | Red Mud | >1303 (REE+Y+Sc) | [114] |
Alumine de Greece, Greece | Red Mud | >948 (REE+Y) | [116] |
Turkey | Red Mud | > 1086 (REE+Y) | [117] |
Sri Lanka | Gem Mine | 0.3% (∑REE oxides) | [105] |
Bagre-Nechí mining district, Colombia | Mine waste (mostly gold mine residue and monazite waste) | 2.19% (Ce, La, Nd & Pr) | [125] |
Russia | Different types of red mud | Sc (> 100 µg/g) | [126] |
Greece | Bauxite residue (Red mud) | 0.1% (∑REE+Y+Sc) | [115] |
Agios Nikolaos, Greece | Bauxite residue | ∑REE 260 & Sc 120 | [127] |
SARECO LLP, Kazakhstan | Mineral formations (TMF) from the processing of phosphate uranium ores | 5% | [127] |
Russia | Phosphogypsum | 0.43 - 0.52% | [129] |
Philippine | Phosphogypsum | 266 µg/g | [130] |
Name and location of the mine | Type | Concentration of ∑REE | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Minas Gerais, Brazil | AMD | 130 ng/ml | [133] |
Staszic post-mining, Poland | Uranium mine | 993.3 µg/ml | [106] |
Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins, US | Coal mine | 282 ng/ml | [134,135] |
Treated precipitate | 517 µg/g | ||
Coal mine, Treated AMD | 724 µg/g | ||
Central Appalachian AMD source, US | Pregnant leach solution | 132.02 µg/g ∑REE+Y+Sc |
[137] |
Sao Domingo mining complex, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal | AMD | <221.8 ng/ml | [138] |
Xingren coalfield, China | AMD | 118 to 926 ng/ml | [139] |
E-waste item | REE | Concentration per unit | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery | ∑REE | 5–25% | [146] |
Cathode-ray tube (CRT) phosphor (as a coating on the panel. | ∑REE | 1–7 g | [147] |
Fluorescent lamp | ∑REE + Y | 301.2 mg/1 g powder | [148] |
Cathode-ray tube (CRT) | 265 mg/1 g powder | ||
Navy submarines | ∑REE | 3636 kg | [144] |
Navy surface ships | ∑REE | 1818 kg | |
Lockheed-Martin F-35 | ∑REE | 416 kg | |
Toyota Prius | ∑REE | 15 kg | |
Air conditioner | ∑REE | 120 g | |
Mobile phone | ∑REE | 0.5 g | |
Wind turbine that generates 3.5 MW Electricity | ∑REE | 600 Kg | [3] |
Fly and bottom ash | ∑REE | 0.9-1.3% | [10] |
SmCo5 magnet | Sm | 21.94% | [149] |
NdFeB magnet | Nd & Pr | 64.5% & 17.32% | [150] |
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