The impacts of the world transition to electrical energy: the role of rare earth minerals mining A comprehensive literature review of the rare earth minerals is provided in this document. The topics covered are different processes from the mining of the ore to the production of the market valued product. The document provides an introduction of REE, the geological environment in which they exist and their chemical form of existence. The distribution of the reserves and the recoverable REEs are highlighted in this work. An overview of the mining methods used for the extraction of rare earth ore from the ground is also discussed.