VanEck Rare Earths/Strategic Metals ETF

VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides targeted exposure to the global rare earth and strategic metals industry. It seeks to replicate the performance of the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index, which includes companies deriving at least 50% of their revenues from producing, refining, or recycling these critical materials. The ETF offers pure-play access to miners, refiners, and producers focused on rare earth elements as well as strategic metals like lithium, cobalt, titanium, tungsten, molybdenum, and others essential for advanced technologies, clean energy, and defense applications. Holdings span global companies primarily in the materials sector, with significant representation from China, Australia, the United States, Canada, and Chile. This diversification captures key players in extraction, processing, and supply chains vital for electrification, renewable energy technologies, and high-tech manufacturing. VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF plays a key role in the financial markets by enabling investors to participate in the strategic metals segment known for its supply constraints and importance to global technological advancement.