REE deposits

 Distribution of deposits by continent:
Asia - 32%
America - 23% (North America - 16%)
Europe - 17%
Africa - 16%
Australia - 12%

The greatest number of REE primary deposits by country:
Russia - 94 (of 96 deposits)
USA - 54 (of 80 deposits)
China - 19 (of 34 deposits)
Brazil - 16 (of 37 deposits)
Australia - 9 (of 75 deposits)

Countries that have 9-15 REE deposits:
Asia - Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Myanmar (these countries have mainly alluvial deposits), Saudi Arabia
Africa - Mozambique, South Africa, Angola, Madagascar, Namibia
Europe - France, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway
North America - Canada, Greenland (Denmark)

Countries that have all types of REE deposits (primary deposits, alluvial and fluvial placers:
   USA
   China
   Brazil

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya