For the United States intends to exploit the local pressure on China Rare Earth

Recently, the U.S. media broke the news that the United States some members mulls bill requiring the government to allow to increase domestic rare earth mining. U.S. Lawmakers said the move primarily to reduce dependence on Chinese rare earths to protect U.S. national security.

Under the Act, the U.S. approval authority must be made within 30 months of approval not to be unreasonably delaying approval. The debate in the House Rules Committee on Modi by explaining the purpose of the Bill, said the bill put forward is based on national security considerations and economic recovery.

Moment, pushing America to expand domestic rare earth mining behind the main factors: First, the market demand is huge. REE is manufactured rockets, computers, stealth aircraft, LED fluorescent tubes, and many other products indispensable raw materials. More importantly, rare earth manufacturing energy saving products is an important raw material, the United States to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, imported from overseas can not meet their own needs. "Forbes" magazine said the United States is sitting on the world's proven reserves of 15% of the earth, but the yield was less than 1% of the world, resulting in this production capacity and reserves within the United States do not match demand and is mainly due to government restrictions the exploitation of rare earth resources.

Second, out of its own military security considerations. United States, "Defense News" that the United States needed to develop sophisticated weapons, mostly from China Rare Earth and China to strengthen management of rare earth exports will likely threaten the United States military capabilities. U.S. military, military industrial enterprises and energy exploration companies have been used as a reason to lobby the government and Congress to expand the exploitation of local rare earth resources.

Third, control of the initiative in the field of rare earth new materials. Currently, rare earth new materials in the field of intellectual property rights for the United States and Europe are the main control. But with the rapid development of China's rare earth industry in China in the field of R & D capabilities on the rise. U.S. experts have put forward, in order to lead the development of rare earth new materials in the field, the United States must be an appropriate increase in extraction and mining, processing to achieve greater technological breakthroughs.

Fourth, for the technological development of the industry ahead of the layout. America's current pace of economic growth has returned, some of the new technologies to achieve breakthrough innovation led by the economic boom in the United States may once again appear. Moment, information technology, biotechnology and other technologies of the future will be the United States focus of industrial development, and rare is the application of these technologies provides the important basic materials. U.S. Magnetic Materials Association reported that rare earth mining the main issues, namely, the high cost of mining is very difficult to extract, the second is environmental pollution, to large-scale mining of rare earth resources in the United States, need to establish a chain, but it will take time . To meet the great development of the technology industry, the United States need ahead of the layout, and establish a domestic rare earth supply chain.

U.S. exports of rare earths on Chinese management practices dissatisfaction and concerns have not been eliminated in China on the issue of rare earth put more pressure on China to relax Rare management measures. The Chinese may be necessary to protect resources and environment considerations, continue to adhere to the current rare earth mining and export management measures. In the rare earth issue, Sino-US new collision and friction will be inevitable.


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