Recently, the Ministry of raw materials at the fifth Secretary Chen Yanhai Baotou Rare Earth Industry Forum, said the first half of this year, smelting and separation of rare earth minerals and products production was 41,000 tons and 35,000 tons, 87% plan to complete in the first half and 78 %, to achieve industry profit of about 20 million.

Although the first half of the demand to pick up, but considering the first half of the indicators have been completed more than half of the earth, the overall industry performance is expected this year will be a sharp decline.

Reporters on the scene to get the data show that in 2011 to 2012, respectively, of rare earth industry realized profits of 15.9 billion yuan, 10.8 billion yuan, respectively, compared with 2010 growth of 288% and 163%.

Since the first quarter of this year, China's rare earth trade rebounded trajectory since February monthly export volume are gradually rise, according to customs statistics, in April Chinese rare earth export volume of 2196 tons, an increase of 6 times more than in March of export volume grew 28%.

Market analysis, in destocking slow development of alternative technologies that foreign rare earth project competition, the Chinese rare earth export enterprises, especially private enterprises willingness enhanced, resulting in a substantial increase in Chinese exports of rare earths.

It is noteworthy that, in 2011 and 2012 were exported 18,600 tons of rare earth products and 16,800 tons, respectively, compared to 2010 decreased by 53% and 58%, but the average export prices were up 1 and 5 times or so.


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August 29: Rare overall market trend, stability maintenance, lack of demand downstream buyers, the market traded partial stalemate. Shouchu news yet to be finalized, watching the market mentality a little thick.

Dysprosium oxide mainstream manufacturers tax price 220-240 yuan / ton, dysprosium iron mainstream manufacturers tax price 220-240 yuan / ton.

Praseodymium oxide mainstream manufacturers tax price 560,000-580,000 yuan / ton. Neodymium oxide 360,000-370,000 yuan / ton.
 
Lanthanum oxide manufacturers tax price 27,000-29,000 yuan / ton. Cerium oxide mainstream manufacturers tax price 28,000-29,000 yuan / ton.

Praseodymium neodymium mainstream manufacturers tax price 360,000-370,000 yuan / ton, praseodymium neodymium metal mainstream manufacturers tax price of 460,000-470,000 yuan / ton.

Europium oxide phosphor grade mainstream manufacturers tax price 4,900-5,100 yuan / kg. Terbium oxide phosphor grade mainstream manufacturers tax price 4,300-4,500 yuan / kg.


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Whether intentionally or unintentionally , the backdoor listing Chenguang Rare Earths , Baotou Steel Rare Earth has entered the Fujian indirect field of rare earth .

Baotou Steel Rare Earth , general manager Zhang has on several occasions publicly expressed the heavy rare earth desire , at present, foreign countries have launched a large light rare earth project , involved in the heavy rare earth undoubtedly improve the Baotou Rare Earth competitiveness. 2010 , Baotou Steel Rare Earth will spend 230 million yuan to obtain through three Ganzhou rare earth separation and processing enterprises portion of the shares involved in the success of Jiangxi heavy rare earth fields.

August 28 , the investment adviser metallurgical industry researcher Yuan Zhibin to the "First Financial Daily" reporters , said Chenguang Rare Earths backdoor Yinrun capital investment, Baotou Steel Rare Earth will get involved in Fujian rare opportunity, " though it does not get involved in two provinces RE integration , but also to expand its industrial chain and regional distribution , and strengthen its leading position . "

But for the Baotou Rare Earth in the future it will participate in Fujian integration, as of this writing , the Baotou Rare Earth has not been a reply.

This reporter learned that, as early as last August , Fujian Province have been identified to Xiamenwuye for the province RE integration platform , does not want foreign companies gain a foothold in the province of rare earth consolidation. " Fujian itself or tend to their home countries ' Xiamen Tungsten mode ' is ." One has done the group formed program investigating brokerage sources said .

Yuan Zhibin said , Baotou Steel Rare Earth Rare Earth if involved in the integration of Fujian Province , is bound to earth with Fujian 's own policies are in conflict .

There unnamed industry sources believe that Chenguang Rare Earths backdoor listing in Fujian , but from the Baotou Rare Earth really involved Fujian RE integration is still far away . " Rare-Earth held Yinrun investment share ratio is too low , the regional integration , Baotou Steel Rare Earth and Xiamen Tungsten no obvious competition ."

In this view, the dawn rare backdoor listing , it touches Jiangxi province in an awkward position. "Now the area of ​​a large rare earth famous enterprises ' jump ' out of the Jiangxi plates, and listed, this and Ganzhou Rare Earth Group 's listing plan is in conflict ."

This year on March 30 , Ganzhou Rare Earth Holdings Limited formal operation , that time, Ganzhou has completed eight smelting and separation enterprises mergers and acquisitions and has been put into operation , and the remaining companies being acquired assets assessment . "Next , Ganzhou Rare Earth Group to accelerate corporate mergers and acquisitions pace ." Rare Earth Industry Association Secretary-General Ma Rongzhang said .

However, unlike other provinces integration compared to sitting in the heavy rare earths in Jiangxi Province has attracted Minmetals Group , the aluminum company , Rising colored rare earth heavyweights competing for their enterprises in the province many conflicting interests and more complex . This leads to Jiangxi not only integrate the slow progress in the rare earth group formation is even more "late ."

Aforementioned industry sources said , Jiangxi large group difficult integration is the fact that , if we say Chenguang Rare Earths already on the market in the future Ganzhou Rare Earth Group would like to integrate its chances even smaller. He also revealed that another local large private enterprises have openly Jiangxi Province forcibly integrated approach discontent , " at a meeting , this enterprise appeared very is indignant ."


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Rare in smart phones, battery, and hard drives and other electronic devices in the application is known , but the utilization of rare earth metals in a loop but few developers . This will not only reduce the e-waste emissions and can ease the crisis in the supply of these metals , while the end user is no longer a resource depletion or too costly to worry .

Last week, specializing in hazardous waste disposal VeoliaES Massachusetts company opened a new plant in the state , according to "WMW" ( Waste Management World ) article reported that the company working with partners from the fluorescent powder recovery of rare earth elements. Containing rare earth fluorescent powder is a mixture , which is usually used in video screen displays and fluorescent lamps inside .

Factories operated by the VeoliaES have fluorescent, ballasts, batteries, computers, electronic products and mercury-containing waste recycling equipment . Based on "WMW" said, this plant is almost one hundred percent recycled fluorescent in earth, and to prevent harmful to the environment and waste mercury into circulation .

Meanwhile, Belgian researchers found that can be recovered by the wet extraction of neodymium magnets and samarium elements inside .

"This process involves from neodymium and samarium cobalt magnets rare earth elements and other elements in the wet extracted ." Lead researcher Koen Binnemans on " Chemical World " said. "The other elements - including iron, cobalt , manganese , copper and zinc - liquid , and rare earth metal is showing the water phase" ion solution can also be recycled.

Another method , allegedly Ames method , a molten magnesium separated from the rare earth magnets , permanent magnets are crushed into small pieces of metal dissolved in the liquid , the evaporated magnesium is boiled only rare earth elements.

However, it was questioned calls need to do a lot of profitable e-waste . 2010 New York Times article mentioned in the Japanese and holding company with a recycling plant to refine rare earths, the computer chips crushed to 2 cm after melting at 1400 degrees Celsius . This plant process 300 tonnes of waste a day but only outputs 150 grams of rare earth metals .
" Chemical World " quoted Binnemans argument, although less than 1% of the rare earth elements are recycled , 20% of global demand can thus met.

" Recycling is only partially solve the supply problem , not replace ore production, only as a supplement ," he said through an integrated loop ore production and use , from the Western countries, the future may be largely dependent on Chinese supplies .

However, this seems too optimistic , given to about 95 percent by the Chinese supply of rare earth elements , some of the rare earth consumers through the loop by reducing raw material costs, reduce dependence on foreign resources . Several large car manufacturers have declared the use of rare earth loop plan , and the need to reduce vehicle production of the rare earths used.

Honda has developed a new hybrid car from used nickel metal hydride batteries in the recycling of rare earth first step. Based on Honda's argument, this method can be extracted from the waste batteries in 80% of the rare earths, 99 % purity , can reach the level of ore processed . Honda declare their goal is not only from the battery in refining rare earth metals, and other components from the production line is also extracted .

Other car manufacturers are also trying to reduce the amount of rare earths . 2012 Toyota declare that they have developed a need to use rare earth production of hybrid cars approach. GM also confirmed dysprosium element in reducing engine technology has been used in an amount close to a breakthrough. Ford has stated that they will use lithium-ion batteries instead of nickel-metal hydride batteries, the move will make the company spend on earth annually by 50 million pounds.

Although rare earth loop from the terminal application use and reduce demand for rare earths is a worrying trend , but the fact is that the use of rare earth loops , especially for the electronics industry , it is still the initial stage, but also in the foreseeable future unlikely to significantly cut demand . Either way, the end user to use the new technologies in order to reduce costs to improve profit margins , investors will still be wise to keep the use of rare earth loop aspects of development .


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