The global market for Heavy Rare Earth Elements was estimated to be worth US$ 1606 million in 2024 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ 2414 million by 2031 with a CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period 2025-2031.
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of recent tariff adjustments and international strategic countermeasures on Heavy Rare Earth Elements cross-border industrial footprints, capital allocation patterns, regional economic interdependencies, and supply chain reconfigurations.
Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREEs) refer to a subset of rare earth elements with atomic numbers ranging from 64 (Gadolinium) to 71 (Lutetium), often including Yttrium (atomic number 39) due to its similar chemical properties and applications. These elements are typically found in lower concentrations compared to light rare earths and are more geologically dispersed, making their extraction and refinement more challenging and costly. HREEs play a critical role in high-performance technologies, including permanent magnets used in electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines, phosphors in LED lighting and displays, catalysts, aerospace components, and military systems such as radar and missile guidance technologies.
The market for HREEs is shaped by increasing demand from high-tech and green energy industries, especially as global trends push toward electrification and low-carbon solutions. With EV adoption rising sharply and renewable energy infrastructure expanding, the need for HREEs like Dysprosium and Terbium-key for high-temperature resistant magnets-is expected to grow significantly. Additionally, geopolitical considerations and supply chain concentration, particularly China's dominant role in mining and refining HREEs, have sparked global efforts to diversify supply sources. Countries and companies are investing in new exploration projects, recycling technologies, and alternative processing methods to reduce dependence and ensure long-term material security.
Looking ahead, the HREEs market is poised for sustained growth driven by technological innovation and strategic initiatives aimed at securing critical raw materials. However, development will also depend on overcoming environmental, technical, and economic challenges related to resource extraction and refinement. With governments increasingly classifying rare earths as strategic or critical minerals, regulatory support and public-private partnerships are likely to play a key role in shaping the future landscape of the HREEs market.
Global key players of Heavy Rare Earth Elements include China Rare Earth Group, Xiamen Tungsten Industry, Shenghe Resources Holdings, Northern Minerals, etc. The top four players hold a share over 70%. Asia-Pacific is the largest market, which has a share about 60%, followed by North America and Europe with a market share of 20% and 15%, respectively. In terms of application, Magnets is the largest segment, which has a share about 65%.
This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Heavy Rare Earth Elements, focusing on the total sales volume, sales revenue, price, key companies market share and ranking, together with an analysis of Heavy Rare Earth Elements by region & country, by Type, and by Application.
The Heavy Rare Earth Elements market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (MT) and sales revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. With both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Heavy Rare Earth Elements.
Market Segmentation
By Company
- China Rare Earth Group
- Shenghe Resources Holdings
- Xiamen Tungsten Industry
- Northern Minerals
Segment by Type
- Gadolinium
- Yttrium
- Terbium
- Dysprosium
- Holmium
- Erbium
- Thulium
- Ytterbium
- Lutetium
Segment by Application
- Magnets
- Catalysts
- Metallurgy
- Polishing
- Glass
- Phosphors
- Ceramics
- Others
By Region
- North America
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- Southeast Asia
- India
- Australia
- Rest of Asia-Pacific
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- U.K.
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Nordic Countries
- Rest of Europe
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Rest of Latin America
- Middle East & Africa
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- UAE
- Rest of MEA
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, global total market size (value, volume and price). This chapter also provides the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 2: Detailed analysis of Heavy Rare Earth Elements manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales and revenue market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 5: Sales, revenue of Heavy Rare Earth Elements in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and market size of each country in the world.
Chapter 6: Sales, revenue of Heavy Rare Earth Elements in country level. It provides sigmate data by Type, and by Application for each country/region.
Chapter 7: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 8: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 9: Conclusion.
Table of Contents
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Product Introduction
- 1.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Market Size Forecast
- 1.2.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value (2020-2031)
- 1.2.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume (2020-2031)
- 1.2.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Price (2020-2031)
- 1.3 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Market Trends & Drivers
- 1.3.1 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Industry Trends
- 1.3.2 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Market Drivers & Opportunity
- 1.3.3 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Market Challenges
- 1.3.4 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Market Restraints
- 1.4 Assumptions and Limitations
- 1.5 Study Objectives
- 1.6 Years Considered
2 Competitive Analysis by Company
- 2.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Players Revenue Ranking (2024)
- 2.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
- 2.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Players Sales Volume Ranking (2024)
- 2.4 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Company Players (2020-2025)
- 2.5 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Average Price by Company (2020-2025)
- 2.6 Key Manufacturers Heavy Rare Earth Elements Manufacturing Base and Headquarters
- 2.7 Key Manufacturers Heavy Rare Earth Elements Product Offered
- 2.8 Key Manufacturers Time to Begin Mass Production of Heavy Rare Earth Elements
- 2.9 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Market Competitive Analysis
- 2.9.1 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Market Concentration Rate (2020-2025)
- 2.9.2 Global 5 and 10 Largest Manufacturers by Heavy Rare Earth Elements Revenue in 2024
- 2.9.3 Global Top Manufacturers by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) & (based on the Revenue in Heavy Rare Earth Elements as of 2024)
- 2.10 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion
3 Segmentation by Type
- 3.1 Introduction by Type
- 3.1.1 Gadolinium
- 3.1.2 Yttrium
- 3.1.3 Terbium
- 3.1.4 Dysprosium
- 3.1.5 Holmium
- 3.1.6 Erbium
- 3.1.7 Thulium
- 3.1.8 Ytterbium
- 3.1.9 Lutetium
- 3.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type
- 3.2.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
- 3.2.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, by Type (2020-2031)
- 3.2.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, by Type (%) (2020-2031)
- 3.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Type
- 3.3.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
- 3.3.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume, by Type (2020-2031)
- 3.3.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume, by Type (%) (2020-2031)
- 3.4 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Average Price by Type (2020-2031)
4 Segmentation by Application
- 4.1 Introduction by Application
- 4.1.1 Magnets
- 4.1.2 Catalysts
- 4.1.3 Metallurgy
- 4.1.4 Polishing
- 4.1.5 Glass
- 4.1.6 Phosphors
- 4.1.7 Ceramics
- 4.1.8 Others
- 4.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application
- 4.2.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
- 4.2.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, by Application (2020-2031)
- 4.2.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, by Application (%) (2020-2031)
- 4.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Application
- 4.3.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
- 4.3.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume, by Application (2020-2031)
- 4.3.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume, by Application (%) (2020-2031)
- 4.4 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Average Price by Application (2020-2031)
5 Segmentation by Region
- 5.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Region
- 5.1.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
- 5.1.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Region (2020-2025)
- 5.1.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Region (2026-2031)
- 5.1.4 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Region (%), (2020-2031)
- 5.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Region
- 5.2.1 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
- 5.2.2 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Region (2020-2025)
- 5.2.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Region (2026-2031)
- 5.2.4 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume by Region (%), (2020-2031)
- 5.3 Global Heavy Rare Earth Elements Average Price by Region (2020-2031)
- 5.4 North America
- 5.4.1 North America Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 5.4.2 North America Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Country (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 5.5 Europe
- 5.5.1 Europe Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 5.5.2 Europe Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Country (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 5.6 Asia Pacific
- 5.6.1 Asia Pacific Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 5.6.2 Asia Pacific Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Region (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 5.7 South America
- 5.7.1 South America Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 5.7.2 South America Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Country (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 5.8 Middle East & Africa
- 5.8.1 Middle East & Africa Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 5.8.2 Middle East & Africa Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Country (%), 2024 VS 2031
6 Segmentation by Key Countries/Regions
- 6.1 Key Countries/Regions Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value Growth Trends, 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
- 6.2 Key Countries/Regions Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value and Sales Volume
- 6.2.1 Key Countries/Regions Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 6.2.2 Key Countries/Regions Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Volume, 2020-2031
- 6.3 United States
- 6.3.1 United States Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 6.3.2 United States Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 6.3.3 United States Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application, 2024 VS 2031
- 6.4 Europe
- 6.4.1 Europe Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 6.4.2 Europe Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 6.4.3 Europe Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application, 2024 VS 2031
- 6.5 China
- 6.5.1 China Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 6.5.2 China Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 6.5.3 China Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application, 2024 VS 2031
- 6.6 Japan
- 6.6.1 Japan Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 6.6.2 Japan Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 6.6.3 Japan Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application, 2024 VS 2031
- 6.7 South Korea
- 6.7.1 South Korea Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 6.7.2 South Korea Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 6.7.3 South Korea Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application, 2024 VS 2031
- 6.8 Southeast Asia
- 6.8.1 Southeast Asia Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 6.8.2 Southeast Asia Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 6.8.3 Southeast Asia Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application, 2024 VS 2031
- 6.9 India
- 6.9.1 India Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value, 2020-2031
- 6.9.2 India Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Type (%), 2024 VS 2031
- 6.9.3 India Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Value by Application, 2024 VS 2031
7 Company Profiles
- 7.1 China Rare Earth Group
- 7.1.1 China Rare Earth Group Company Information
- 7.1.2 China Rare Earth Group Introduction and Business Overview
- 7.1.3 China Rare Earth Group Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
- 7.1.4 China Rare Earth Group Heavy Rare Earth Elements Product Offerings
- 7.1.5 China Rare Earth Group Recent Development
- 7.2 Shenghe Resources Holdings
- 7.2.1 Shenghe Resources Holdings Company Information
- 7.2.2 Shenghe Resources Holdings Introduction and Business Overview
- 7.2.3 Shenghe Resources Holdings Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
- 7.2.4 Shenghe Resources Holdings Heavy Rare Earth Elements Product Offerings
- 7.2.5 Shenghe Resources Holdings Recent Development
- 7.3 Xiamen Tungsten Industry
- 7.3.1 Xiamen Tungsten Industry Company Information
- 7.3.2 Xiamen Tungsten Industry Introduction and Business Overview
- 7.3.3 Xiamen Tungsten Industry Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
- 7.3.4 Xiamen Tungsten Industry Heavy Rare Earth Elements Product Offerings
- 7.3.5 Xiamen Tungsten Industry Recent Development
- 7.4 Northern Minerals
- 7.4.1 Northern Minerals Company Information
- 7.4.2 Northern Minerals Introduction and Business Overview
- 7.4.3 Northern Minerals Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
- 7.4.4 Northern Minerals Heavy Rare Earth Elements Product Offerings
- 7.4.5 Northern Minerals Recent Development
8 Industry Chain Analysis
- 8.1 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Industrial Chain
- 8.2 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Upstream Analysis
- 8.2.1 Key Raw Materials
- 8.2.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 8.2.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 8.3 Midstream Analysis
- 8.4 Downstream Analysis (Customers Analysis)
- 8.5 Sales Model and Sales Channels
- 8.5.1 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Sales Model
- 8.5.2 Sales Channel
- 8.5.3 Heavy Rare Earth Elements Distributors
9 Research Findings and Conclusion
10 Appendix
- 10.1 Research Methodology
- 10.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach
- 10.1.1.1 Research Programs/Design
- 10.1.1.2 Market Size Estimation
- 10.1.1.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation
- 10.1.2 Data Source
- 10.1.2.1 Secondary Sources
- 10.1.2.2 Primary Sources
- 10.2 Author Details
- 10.3 Disclaimer