New Deal efforts to increase the implementation of clean production of Rare Earth

The system, standard file system support cleaner production technology to guide and encourage enterprises to implement cleaner production according to the law, not long ago, the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Environmental Protection to implement the "Cleaner Production Promotion Law" (2012 amendments), and further to form a unified and the Ministry of Industry jointly developed a "rare earth industry clean production evaluation index system" (the "index system").

RE is an internationally recognized strategic resource, is the world's countries to develop high-tech and sophisticated national defense technology to transform traditional industries indispensable strategic materials. However, many kinds of rare earth minerals, most low-grade, smelting and separation process more complicated, the process will produce a lot of waste gas, waste water, waste. 'Cause' waste 'emissions would air, water and land pollution. Rare earth smelting and separation of rare earth industry development has become our most serious pollution problems in the field, to carry out clean production of rare earth smelting field is imperative. "China's rare earth industry Deputy Secretary General Chen Zhanheng says.

Environmental issues into a bottleneck restricting the development of rare earth industry

Our country is the world's rare earth resources in the country, the State Council Information Office in June 2012 release of "China's rare earth Conditions and Policies" white paper pointed out that China's rare earth reserves account for about 23% of the world's total reserves. China's rare earth resources widely distributed, minerals range, particularly the world's rare ion adsorption type rare earth ore, rich in precious scarce heavy rare earth elements, large comprehensive value.

Of rare earth use development began in the 1950s, after decades of development, has established a relatively complete mining and metallurgy and materials processing and application of industrial system, realized from the rare earth resources in the country to a producing country, exporting countries and Applications across the great powers. China Nonferrous Metals Industry Information Center, Beijing Antaike Information Development "30 years, China's rare earth industry occurred after the reform and opening up tremendous changes, rare earth production increased by 100 times - 70% of total domestic application of rare earth output of rare earths." Ltd. rare earth market analyst Chen Huan speak.

At the same time, China is also the presence of excessive capacity expansion, environmental destruction and waste of resources and serious problems. In particular, light rare earth mine were associated mostly polymetallic ore, smelting, separation process will produce large amounts of toxic and harmful gases, high concentrations of ammonia nitrogen waste water, radioactive waste and other pollutants. "Part of rare earth production enterprises, environmental control facilities inadequate, some small rare earth smelters no environmental control facilities, running in place, a large amount of waste gas, waste water, waste Today, environmental issues have become a bottleneck restricting the development of rare earth industry issues. "Chen Huan expressed.

Rare Earth New Deal and the ecological strategy of consistent

To implement the "People's Republic of China Environmental Protection Law" and "People's Republic of China Cleaner Production Promotion Law," to guide and promote clean production of rare earth enterprises according to law, improve resource utilization, reduce and avoid the generation of pollutants, protect and improve the environment, relevant department developed a "index system." The system will combine the resulting clean production evaluation scores will be divided into three grades, Ⅰ level for the international advanced level of clean production basis; Ⅱ level of domestic advanced level of clean production; grade Ⅲ for domestic basic level of cleaner production.

"In fact, in order to solve environmental problems, in May 2011 the State Council issued the" Opinions on Promoting the sustainable and healthy development of rare earth industry, "which called the Ministry of Land Survey and mining of rare earth to increase supervision and strictly control the total amount of rare earth mining index management, strengthen Key areas of joint supervision of rare earth, and resolutely combat illegal mining and ultra-control targets mining. 2012 7 monthly wage Ministry formulated the "rare earth industry access conditions" and other policies and regulations to standardize and promote the sustained and healthy development of the industry. "Chen Huan speak.

However, the rare earth smelting industry, "three wastes" remains a serious problem, "China's rare earth Conditions and Policies" white paper said that some local over-exploitation of rare earth, causing landslides, river blockage and sudden environmental pollution incidents, and even cause a major disaster to significant loss of life and health of the public and the environment. Deputy Secretary-General Zhang Anwen Chinese Rare Earth Society has said to the heavy rare earth mine in southern China as an example: in order to get 10,000 tons of heavy rare earth oxides, can cause destruction of 100 square kilometers of vegetation, the price shocking. "This is a serious give and get unequal, unbalanced."

"Now the development of" index system "it is imperative that the policy and strategy of Ecological match will enhance the ecological and environmental problems to the country attached." Chen Zhanheng believes that with the accelerated process of industrialization, environmental issues have come increasingly prominent government and corporate social responsibility should be shared.

Policies conducive to encouraging advanced and eliminate backward

In recent years, China is to save from the extensive development resources, environment friendly changes, prevention and control efforts for the non-ferrous metal industry and heavy metal pollution is increasing. In the rare earth side, in April 2011, the ministry has embarked on rare corporate environmental inspections, mainly on the production and safety aspects of rare earth enterprises discharge standards, and so do the specific demands.

To further speed up the rare earth industry, advanced clean production technology application and promotion, to improve the industry clean production level, in February 2014, the Ministry issued a "rare earth industry clean production technology implementation plan" to encourage enterprises to technological innovation, in terms of energy conservation on the rare earth enterprises put forward higher requirements in order to achieve the prevention and reduction of pollutants from the source of production to achieve clean development.

According to the relevant industry, the establishment of "index system" is based on the relevant national industrial development, technological advances, environmental policy and the rare earth industry development plan and other relevant documents. These documents relate to the enterprise cleaner production, a clear limit to encourage and technology development, pointing out the accelerated phase-out of content, and made a number of specific targets. These are the establishment of the index system foundation.

The industry source said, "index system" in the relevant index is based on the principles of clean production and measurable indicators of selected, divided into two types of quantitative and qualitative indicators. Quantitative indicators chosen representative, can reflect "energy", "saving", "abatement" and "efficiency" and other indicators related to the ultimate goal of cleaner production and comprehensive evaluation of the situation of enterprises to implement cleaner production and cleaner production level ; and qualitative indicators based on the implementation of the relevant state industrial development and technological advancement policy of clean production, resources, environmental protection policies and industry development planning, selection, appraisal business case for the implementation of relevant laws, regulations and standards policies. "" Indicator system "is not mandatory, but in the subsequent enactment of the rare earth industry policies and management measures will play an important role in the implementation, may promote cleaner production of rare earth industry to a higher level." An industry veteran analyst expressed.

"The" index system "of content compared to the previous policy is still relatively sound." Chenzhan Heng said the "index system" in production, mining, waste, etc. have done a detailed request, as a guiding document "index system" to guide and promote the rare earth enterprises to implement cleaner production, encourage advanced enterprises, eliminate backward enterprises.


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