India has significant rare earth reserves – minister

The South Asian nation has 7.23 million tonnes of rare earth elements, Jitendra Singh has said

India has about 7.23 million tonnes (MT) of rare earth elements, Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh told the lower house of the Indian parliament on Wednesday.

Another 1.29 MT of rare earths are situated in hard rocks in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, Singh wrote in a reply to a parliamentary question, according to the Indo Asian News Service (IANS).