China currently looking to cut exports of rare earths

China indicates the current seek to cut exports of rare earths , which is the first in the country in the past two years, aims to cut rare earth exports.

Although rare earth mining rivals intensified , resulting in China 's proportion of global production continues to shrink , but the world's supply of 17 kinds of minerals have about eighty percent are still in the hands of China . Beijing has been controlled by the supply of export quotas , although China 's rare earth exports due to weaker demand in the past two years did not meet the quota level .

Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on the 13th , 2014 the first batch of rare earth export quota of 15,110 tons , a decrease of 2.5 % compared with the first batch of rare earth export quotas last year . Basically, the first half of the quota next year to determine the annual trend , since about half of the first full year quota general quota . The Chinese government announced the second batch of rare earth quotas usually around July .

Reported that , if China announced the second batch of quotas in 2014 is consistent with the trend of the past , then the country's rare earth export quota will be the first decline since 2012 . Since 2005 , China has gradually cut rare earth export quotas , this situation reversed to appear until 2012 .

According to reports, China 's rare earth export quota for 2010 will be reduced by 40% , this results in the consumption of rare earth metals and related industries in developed economies panic . Rare earth metals used in the manufacture including missile defense systems and smart phones , including a series of important scientific and technological products.

According to Chinese customs statistics, China's top ten months of this year exports accounted for only 57 percent of rare earth quota throughout the year . Last year, Chinese exporters have used only 52% of the Commerce Department quotas.


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