The Future of Rare Earth Elements

Rare Earth Elements make up a large portion of our high tech equipment and the demand for the elements is only increasing. This infographic, published by Buy Metal Online, has that examines the situation and the troubling shortages in our future.

Here we have an infographic that takes a look at rare earth elements (REE) including information about what they are, what we use them for, who’s producing the World’s REEs and more.

Good topic with clear visualizations and attractive illustrations.  They have a lot of valuable information packed into this design. However, in my opinion, there’s way too much text included, with multiple paragraphs explaining each section. In my experience, if readers see this much text in an infographic, they are likely to perceive it as too complicated and detailed. They’ll probably move on without ever reading it. Infographics are supposed to be simple explanations that are quick and easy to understand.

Thanks to Dave for sending in the link!

Comments

[Neodium]

Very well designed infographic about the REE. You absolutely created a good overview about the REE and its functionalities

[Hunter]

Hello! I was wondering if it would be okay to use one of your infographics in my Senior Seminar presentation on my research in recycling REEs, with proper citation, of course.

Thank you

[Randy]

Hunter, of course you can use them in your presentation, but make sure you provide credit to the original publisher. I'm curating great infographics here on Cool Infographics, and I would love a mention, but these come from talented designers all over the world!