Ministry to combat smuggling of rare earth again

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology at the Fifth raw Secretary Chen Yanhai Baotou Rare Earth Industry Forum on the media, "said the first half of this year, smelting and separation of rare earth minerals and products production was 41,000 tons and 35,000 tons, plans to complete the first half of 87% and 78%, to achieve industry profit of about 2 billion yuan. "" Although the first half of the demand to pick up, but considering the first half of the earth target to complete more than half expected this year, the overall industry performance will be a sharp contraction. "Chen Yanhai also expressed concerns .

In the long run, Chen Yanhai worries will be eased. Because, from 15 August to 15 November, the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Land Resources, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Customs and other eight departments will join forces in the fight against rare earth mining, production, circulation of illegal special action, which may make the rare earth industry concentration further enhanced, but also make rare earth prices rebound.

Illegal production of 40,000 tons last year,

All along, the smuggling of rare earth industry in China are "pain." In June last year the State Information Office published "China's rare earth Conditions and Policies" white paper mentioned, from 2006 to 2008, foreign customs statistics, imports from China Rare Earth, more than Chinese customs statistics exports were 35% higher, 59% and 36%, in 2011 it is 1.2 times higher. "This is not only statistical difference is due to indiscriminate digging of China Rare Earth private mining and smuggling abroad caused." Industry analysts had told "Finance News" reporter.

But in 2012, the rare earth industry lawlessness still not disappeared. "Currently, illegal, illegal mining production more serious." Chen Yanhai yesterday in Baotou, said, "2012 National Illicit production of more than 40,000 tons, illegal smelting products more than 50,000 tons of rare earth export smuggling and other phenomena in some places more prominent."

Chen Yanhai said rare earth industry management there are many deep-seated problems remain unresolved, "China's rare earth production to perform mandatory plan targets, but because of the mandatory planning and production of mineral mandatory plans do not match, leaving a separation plant needs space, but also led to indiscriminate digging of private sales of rare earth minerals have whereabouts. "

China Value Index chief researcher Cui Xinsheng, "International Finance," told reporters that this is a rare strategic resources, the state of the strategic management of resources, it should be joint action, we can not expect a single government departments and local governments to manage heavy treatment.

Eight ministries and joint action

In this regard, the government has launched action - the Ministry of Industry on August 7 at the official website, will join the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Tax Administration, Customs Administration and other seven departments, from 2013 August 15 to November 15 in the fight against rare earth mining, production, circulation of illegal special action.

"Focused on investigating illegal poaching, exploration and exploitation of undocumented illegal, strictly investigated the presence of rare earth mine production cross-border mining, mining super indicators act against illegal mining (recycling) mines, minerals and confiscate the illegal income, and be punishment. "MIIT said," At the same time, clean up construction projects in violation of rare earth resources recycling behavior, did not seek to recover rare earth resources, behavior, and immediately ordered to stop production rectification. "

MIIT also introduced, will focus on the verification of corporate mineral smelting separation source implementation of mandatory planning and related policy situation, confiscate the illegal exploitation of its acquisition and can not explain the source of rare earth minerals and illegal income, and focus on examination of the purchase and sale of rare earth trade enterprises minerals, for sale and can not explain the source of the illegal exploitation of rare earth minerals, confiscated, and be punished.

Although very hard, but it appears in the industry, this is not new. "The State Council on the promotion of sustained and healthy development of rare earth industry, a number of opinions" (hereinafter referred to as "the" opinions "") in 2011 proposed the "fight against illegal exploitation and super-control targets mining, illegal production and ultra-planned production, illegal exports and smuggling of rare earth ", the Ministry's latest move described as" opinions "of the latest refinement initiatives. "It depends on implementation of the results." Wikipedia information analyst Du Shuai soldiers, "International Finance," told reporters that "the most critical, not only the file, do not do it."

By local not fly?

It is noteworthy that, according to the Ministry of introducing the main responsibility for special action is local people's governments of rare earth production. "It may be contradictory." Cui Xinsheng that on the one hand, the chaotic rare earth mining and local governments have a great relationship, some of the illegal exploitation of local government behavior is carried out under the connivance; On the other hand, local governments are often mainly in their own interests, "profit-oriented stance to deal with the problem of rare earth illegal, the effect will produce doubt."

Therefore, Cui Xinsheng said that the local government responsible for "unreliable", or the creation of specialized departments to oversee implementation of local government results.

But Du Shuai soldiers that can not deny the positive role of the official sector. "Since June, the price fell to a low of rare earth market oversupply, but the government really intensify efforts to combat private mine so favorable for informal enterprises, but also conducive to the further return of rare-earth prices." He said.


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