Four percent less electricity from renewable sources than in the previous year. BDEW and ZSW see need for political action.

Resource extraction in the country is to be expanded. International cooperation necessary for the supply of gallium and other technology metals.

Inner Mongolia is China's treasure trove for rare earths. Mining and processing are to be significantly expanded in the coming years.

Just outside the Austrian capital, Europe's largest LED billboard will go into operation in March 2022.

MP Materials has announced the construction of a rare earth metals, alloys and magnets production facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The raw materials processed at the facility are to be sourced from the Mountain Pass Mine in California, which MP Materials has been operating since 2017

Vacuumschmelze (VAC), and U.S. automaker General Motors (GM) have announced the construction of a VAC production plant in the United States.