China will limit exports of rare earths for the first time in two years

U.S. media said that China represents 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.

U.S. website on December 13 reported that , despite intensified competition rare earth mining , 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 reach the level of the quota .

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 .

Report pointed out 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 data show that China first ten months of rare earth exports accounted for only 57% of the annual quota . Last year, Chinese exporters have used only 52% of the Commerce Department quotas.


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