Management will be divided into light and heavy rare earths, light rare earth indicators modest increase

Recently , the Ministry of Industry Division raw material published in 2013 in China's rare earth industry in the economic operation , said last year in the fight against illegal activities of rare earth seven ministries jointly carry out special operations , the seizure of illegal products involved in rare earth ore and more than 19,000 tons ; Customs seized smuggled 5 cases , involving 2,330 tons of rare earth products , worth 52.2 million yuan .

Insiders who asked not to be named , told reporters that was just a small part of the actual investigation of the situation . While not illegal, it has been hit, separated smelting production capacity indicators and corporate real difference is large , the only way to become a private mining enterprises to expand the operating rate , almost no separation of rare earth smelting enterprises do not have private mine.

Private mining repeated

According to data released by the Ministry of Industry , 2013 , control of the country's total rare earth mining index was 9.38 million tonnes ( total rare earth oxide , the same below ) , smelting separation products programs for 90,400 tons . The actual amount of the annual extraction of 80,400 tons , smelting separation products production was 83,300 tons , respectively, 85.7% and 92.1% plan.

MIIT said the mining and production plan targets were not achieved because in some rare earth mines in Jiangxi Province and China Minmetals conduct environmental transformation and inhibition of falling prices and reduced production .

From the export perspective, last year the total amount of 24,000 tons of rare earth export quota (equivalent physical quantity 31,000 tons ) , the annual quota of rare earth products actual physical volume of exports 22,900 tons , compared with last year, less than the actual amount of quota exports 60% of year growth of 36.3% , accounting for more than 95% utilization rate quotas , export value $ 603 million .

2013 , operating income of 76.9 billion yuan rare earth industry , an increase of 7.9% , a profit of 7.74 billion yuan , down 28.1 percent . MIIT said the lower profit was mainly due to the impact of rare earth prices .

In the fight against private mining and investigate smuggling of rare earth , the Ministry said in the fight against rare illegal behavior special action last year, punished the illegal mining case 46 onwards, ordered 126 illegal production companies stop crime , Note revoke rare business license 161 , seizure of illegal products involved in rare earth ore and more than 19,000 tons .

But more than one industry source told reporters , "regular" and "non- regular" Almost each half , evenly matched. Last year , the country's total control of rare earth mining index was 9.38 million tons. In other words, the number of private mines and similar .

Secretary-General of China Rare Earth Industry Association Marong Zhang also said last August at the Fifth China Baotou Rare Earth Industry Forum , rare black chain rampant mandatory plan can not meet the market demand , the South separated ion ore smelting enterprises to obtain 70% source unknown. That is, the South -ion ore supply from the formal channels to obtain less than 30 %. This calculation was investigated 19,000 tons of private mines only black chain number 1/5 or 1 /6.

The smuggling of refractory

In 2013 the Ministry of the rare earth industry in the economic operation also revealed that last year, the Customs seized smuggled 5 cases , involving 2,330 tons of rare earth products , worth 52.2 million yuan . Being investigated 2,330 tons compared with 22,900 tons of rare earth exports , almost 1 /10. " how could so few ? "the source said .

马荣璋in the 2012 's Baotou Rare Earth Industry ( International ) Forum , said that since 2011 began , customs statistics of rare earth exports are on the decline , which in addition to rising prices suppress demand for rare earths , foreign users reserve enough, the United States began to produce and share part of the international market in addition, smuggling is a very important reason. He said that in 2011 imports of foreign rare earth export statistics of China Customs statistics is 1.2 times , that smuggling is a normal amount of 120% of exports , is rampant .

And there is no detailed statistics overseas rare earth imports data released. But these people said even big crackdown , smuggling No 2012 so high, it must have been investigated more than 2000 tons compared to many.

According to reporters after unannounced visits , smuggling of rare earth each trip ( highway logistics with "port car" ) , one day " entrainment " 10 tons of rare earth , one week can " ship" tens of tons.

MIIT also said that illegal poaching , when unplanned production have occurred, forming a set of mining, production, circulation , smuggling as one of the chain of black interests seriously disrupted the market order, resulting in a significant decline in the price of rare earth products . Problem of rare earth smelting and separation of overcapacity still quite prominent , but because of inadequate laws and regulations on rare earth production , circulation of illegal behavior is difficult to cure.

At present , China 's rare earth separation capacity of 400,000 tons , global demand for rare earth oxides is 15 tons. China 's annual output of 20 million tons of rare earth , whether light or heavy rare earth rare earth glut of excess capacity are .

Notably , the Ministry said that this year will be light and heavy rare earths implementation of category management , combining guidance , at the same time to crack down on illegal mining and production, and a modest increase in light rare earth plan targets .


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