South Korea and Japan have been found in rare earth mine

Following Korea discovered a huge burst of rare earth resources , the Japanese submarine in the Pacific recently found a large number of rare earth resources. Rare earth resources in the international market increasingly valuable today, South Korea, Japan have burst out, " newly discovered " message will be how it affects the international markets ? In this regard , the reporter interviewed the Voice of China observer, Wang Jian .

Reporter : tell us about South Korea and Japan have found rare earth mine in the end how much size ?

Wang Jian : This time, in fact, South Korea and Japan, in fact, rare earth ore discovered resources are great. June 29 , South Korean media reported that the country found a roughly 147,000 tons of rare earth mines , South Korea with about 30 million tons a year , from this point of view can be used about 50 years figure - If the annual use number remains unchanged . The situation in Japan is very similar , Japan is also a large rare earth mine, the amount of Japanese international use of rare earth in the first row . Japan's domestic production of rare earth , so a number of research institutions , University of Tokyo , Japan on the investigation of the Pacific seabed about 80 sites about the number of rare earth minerals , and finally displayed in the southeast Pacific , including the Hawaiian Islands 3500-6000 meters deep in some areas there is a lot of this place rare earth , recoverable amount is about 800 times the land of rare earth reserves . The researchers made ​​an analysis, two kilometers square rare earth mud stasis , content consumption is equivalent to one or two years in Japan , it is a big a bonanza . This is the world's first confirmed in the seabed has a large number of rare earth resources exploitation value .

Reporter : This time South Korea from Japan , and they found that for the international market this big international rare earth market will have any impact?

Wang Jian : We all know that earth is a strategic resource . Chinese rare earth production capacity more than 95% of global production , and China is now reduced production of rare earth news Japan have also been critical of - of course, we are also in order to protect the environment, because a large number of rare earth mining destroyed landscape environment . But this time there are a few situations we must look : First , marine exploitation of rare earth resources, although discovered in the seabed , but no precedent , such a large deposit was discovered to have mined to be used do not know how many years . Second, the development of rare earth almost all high seas waters there , how the resources of the high seas with this have not said how . Third, the development of seafloor mud stasis on the marine resources of the seabed damage to the environment is great, if you do not solve the problem of mining will not be rashly . See these points , we understand that this is actually very large mineral deposits is a good thing for humans , but for Japan and South Korea in terms of only one effect: in the rare earth pricing negotiations so that they have a little more or less right to speak , nothing more .


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