VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF

VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides focused exposure to the global rare earth and strategic metals industry. The fund seeks to replicate the performance of the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index, concentrating on companies that derive a substantial share of their business from producing, refining, or recycling these materials. Its portfolio consists primarily of miners, refiners, and processors of elements such as rare earths, lithium, cobalt, titanium, tungsten, and molybdenum, which are widely used in advanced technologies, clean energy systems, batteries, electronics, and defense applications. The ETF holds a diversified basket of equities across the materials and metals and mining sectors, with significant representation from markets like China, Australia, the United States, Canada, and Chile. By targeting firms closely tied to these critical supply chains, VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF serves as a specialized instrument for accessing the segment of the global equity market linked to strategic metals and the industrial ecosystems that rely on them.