The strategy identified five rare
earth metals (
dysprosium, neodymium, terbium, europium, and yttrium) as well as indium as «most critical in the short term,» as measured by their importance to clean - energy technologies and the risk of supply disruption.
China produces 95 % of the worlds supply of the rare
earth metal,
dysprosium, a key
metal in magnets used in the drive motors for hybrid electric vehicles - up to 100 grams of
dysprosium per hybrid car produced, according to a Wikipedia reference.