North Korea in order to raise the social status of rare earth tightrope between Japan and South Korea

Foreign media said North Korea's underground resources so coveted around the world. Not only China, Russia, Britain, the United States have an interest in Japan is particularly keen. Japan's goal is rare. Necessary rare earth materials with excellent chemical resistance, electrical resistance, light resistance, cell phones, computers, cars, generators, etc., also known as "the tip of the vitamin industry."

According to South Korean reports, after the Sino-Japanese relations cold, Japan began to be interested in Korea's rare. Japan accounted for 56 percent of rare earth in China [-2.36%] export amount. The deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations have adverse effects on exports of rare earths, a mortal blow to the Japanese industry. Indeed, this concern has become a reality. In 2010, Japan's territorial rights at the time of the Diaoyu Islands dispute was triggered bitter lesson.

Japanese imports of rare earths have tried to achieve diversification. In order to ensure a stable supply of rare earths, Japan is considering to Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Estonia and other resources, after that North Korea has a wealth of rare earth resources. North Korea was not too concerned about the rare earth before, North Korea since the 1980s recognized the value of rare earth, but need to be set up large-scale production equipment, so no idea. Because of the Sino-Japanese dispute, North Korea began to face rare value. The results March 23, North Korean state resource development Provincial Bureau of Investigation and Australia and other countries to carry out a survey released geologist, Korea buried in 216 million tons of rare earth. Bureau of Investigation declared proudly, "2010 world's rare earth consumption is only 14 million tons, Korea abundant reserves."

The result is that the estimated value of the Korean announcement, not a direct investigation, can not be sure. Government-related personnel, said, "North Korea's rare earths contained in a variety of trace minerals," "there is speculation economy is about 48 million tons of rare earth." But it is also China's rare earth reserves (89 million tons) Following, ranking second in the world.

January 2014, China decided according to WTO (WTO), the abolition of rare earth export quota system, in accordance with strict environmental standards to control production. When mining rare earth fluoride and dust, but also produce radioactive thorium. Requires extensive use of chemicals during processing, thereby resulting in an exhaust gas, sulfur oxides (sulfur oxides), sulfuric acid and other pollutants, it requires wastewater treatment equipment.

This is the reason for Japan's wish to improve relations with North Korea, because North Korea is not as Chinese environmental regulations harsh. In October 2014, cooperation between Russia and the DPRK, the DPRK decided to proceed inland railway maintenance works, while intervention in the Korean development of rare earth and act as funders also for this reason.

North Korea in rare for the media, with China, Japan, Korea and carefully maintain relationships.

Kim Jong Il, who had been instructed "with South Korea to develop underground resources." There will be no sale of the original ore added value, and therefore urged South Korea to jointly develop and enhance the added value then sold.

On the current inter-Korean relations, although still far away from the common development of rare earth, but South Korea is not without interest. 2011, with the North Korean government had advance Gangwon Pyonggang County rare earth mine development project. But the need to calculate, as at present imports from Japan has processed rare earths and the purchase of equipment from Japan to jointly develop the two Koreas, the two which one is more profitable.

Reported that China is very concerned about North Korea's rare. China Rare Earth can suppress Japan, Korea reluctant to become the new supply countries. Therefore, China is still a small amount of rare earth imports from North Korea. According to the Korea International Trade Association, 2014 North Korean exports to China of about 60 tons of rare earth.


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