North Korea exclaimed give away ten million tons of rare earth China

According to reports, South Korea in Beijing, citing an " informed source " exclusive broke the news that North Korea for 200,000 tons of fertilizer and 500,000 tons of corn, 20 million tons of the country Musan area "rare earth big mine" development rights transferred to China . Reported that , according to the agreement reached by the two countries , China is responsible for the development of rare earth mine musan construction costs , and support for mining equipment needed , and the DPRK will be half of Musan free supply of rare earth resources in China , and the remaining half by Chinese in accordance with international prices to the DPRK to buy. A trade with the DPRK Musan who have frequently told reporters on the 16th , Musan indeed rare , but hard to believe that reserves would be so huge . The annual world consumption of rare earth now only 70,000 tons , production capacity of 12 million tons. In addition , rare earth resource exploration , extraction, separation is a long and complex process , there are too many variables.

According to South Korean reports, this year in May , China to North Korea provided 200,000 tons of fertilizer aid . As per ton of fertilizer can yield 3 tons of food , so the Chinese move is equivalent to support North Korea 600,000 tons of food . Reported that Chinese food deficit , taking into account the actual situation of North Korea decided to half the standard international prices towards the sale of 500,000 tons of corn for the batch of corn "might" have been shipped to Korea from northeastern China . Reported then that in order to repay China , Kim decided to further open China resources. The "sources " said, " I heard that " North Korea and China will jointly develop Ham North Road Musan buried reached an agreement on a large number of rare earth resources . Reported that the Chinese for the scarcity of resources is a sizable income.

Musan, North Korea has Asia's largest open-pit iron , but its rare earth resources are not known to outsiders . Yonhap reported that on July 30 , the day the Korean Central Television broadcast the program, the Korean National Academy of Sciences Institute of Geology Dr. Pan Xianyu said that North Korea is not only rich in rare earth resources buried , and its mineral quality is also high . July 23 , headquartered in Japan, the official newspaper of the General Association of Korean " Korean Daily News" also refers to the Korean National Resources Development Kim as saying that North Korea 's rare earth mineral resources are now about 2,000 tons, accounting for the total world's known reserves of rare earth 13% , and may find more deposits. The report also said that multi-national companies have shown willing to participate in the development of rare earth mineral interest DPRK , the DPRK will seek export refined rare earths.

A rare earth industry source told reporters , rare earth reserves the exact exploration requires high technology, according to the type of rare earth , but also to identify mining technology , refining and separation mode , this is a long process. Recently, countries are scrambling to declare " find rare giant mine ." South Korean media in June declared that the country found buried in the scale of 23 million tons of rare earth veins , the Japanese scientists have discovered a giant submarine in the Pacific Ocean known as rare earth mine , after mining value or prove little or exploitation is very difficult.


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