China Rare Earth Association Deputy Secretary-General Chen Zhanheng said on Friday that if the government crack down on illegal mining to achieve the desired results, the South mine supply will likely remain at 1.8 million tons / year, the northern ore supply to keep 76,000 tons / year, the total rare earth ore supply will remain at 94,000 tons, smelting separation products supply remained at about 90,000 tons.

Ministry of Industry jointly eight ministries rare crackdown is still in corporate self-examination stage, the industry is looking forward to this fight can achieve the desired results, effectively rectify the domestic rare earth chaotic phase.


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Not long ago , the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee passed the " 2013 National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act" consideration of the General Assembly formally tabled in the House discussed the bill was in February 2013 by the U.S. House of Representatives proposed Delaware Republican congressman Amoudi , at present , nearly 60 members signed in support of the bill. The bill plans to reduce dependence on Chinese rare earths .

And as early as March 13, 2012 , U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. joint EU and Japan, and other parts of China's rare earth export restrictions on raw materials filed a trade complaint to the WTO , the proposal is to force China to continue to maintain a large number of rare earth exports , and the price is not too high. The author believes that "force" China continues to export cheap does not comply with international practice, but release the rare earth mining ordering practical significance.

As we all know , is a rare earth mineral resources , military industry and other high-tech industries are widely used, have the oil, food is just as important to the basic product attributes . Comrade Deng Xiaoping once said , "The Middle East has oil , China has rare earth ." At present, China has the largest rare earth reserves and production , accounted for 97% of global supply . Since the 1970s , China had more than 90% owned reserves , but China is the only one able to provide all the 17 kinds of rare earth metals in the country. But with the large number of mining, 2011 reserves had fallen to 23%. The United States , Australia, the European Union and other countries to maintain a large number of rare earth reserves , but not mine , the relative lack of rare earth resources in Japan , the Japanese import large quantities of Chinese rare earth, rare earth products and a large number of reserves to maintain its production in the future .

From an economic perspective, is a rare commodity , but it is a special commodity , from a global point of view , or a " strategic products", or the " weapon products", he explains the scarcity of its resources On the other hand earth has important strategic significance. Therefore , the non-renewable , but also need to be imported , or a large number of mining, but mining requires a lot of labor input , but also pollute the environment. Many developed countries are highly dependent on Chinese rare earth , such as the 2011 Japan accounted for 56 %, U.S. 14% .

For a long time , China did not attach importance to the importance of rare earths . Mainly for 90-100 large number of rare earth mining companies , competing and low-priced exports , causing environmental pollution , wastage of resources , and the large number of exports go to developed countries . While developed countries are not rare earth mining country , and a large number of rare earth imports . Because the earth has a non-renewable resources, but reserves are limited, in the mining process , polluting the environment , so from cost considerations, many developed countries, it is not mine , but a large number of rare earth imports from China , and many Chinese enterprises compete with each other to make rare earth prices cheaper.

In recent years, Chinese government has gradually recognized as an important product characteristics of rare earth , so from 2007 , the state began limiting mining, export restrictions , such as to restrict production , the development of export quotas, export duties levied way , by economic means export restrictions , but suffer from the U.S., EU , Japan, Canada and other countries to obstruct .

The author believes that the future of China should first establish a sustainable earth reserves and maintain high reserves . Avoid excessive exploitation of rare earth reserves, which lay the foundation for sustainable development in China , the development of China's rare earth mining industry policy , limiting the number of mining , in 2015 30% of the world 's reserves remain for China's economic and social basis for sustainable development .

Secondly, the mining and export management , adoption of a quota system and raise export tariffs. For blind export problems should be taken to limit the production of industrial policy and adopt export quota system to limit the blind exports, exports of rare earth high tariffs . At present, China accounted for 97 % of the world market is not sustainable, but also by the low labor costs and lower prices brought about , it can be appropriate to reduce the production , to reduce the share.

Furthermore, is to increase scientific and technological input , improve resource utilization and recovery of rare earths . Emphasis on rare earth mining , processing, storage, transportation, recycling, reuse of scientific and technological input , to avoid extensive management, reduce losses and waste, improve the operational efficiency of the domestic rare earth industry .

Finally, strengthening the control of rare earth supply chain and conditionally make the supply chain main chain . Rare earth exploration, mining , processing, storage, transportation, recycling, reuse is a supply chain , China should play in the supply chain chain master role can be appropriately involved in the supply chain operations, from supply chain to the regional supply chain, from regional supply chains to global supply chains , which really play a leading role , not just the so-called pricing power, the right to speak .


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Recent integration of information about rare and frequent. State Reserve Bureau seems to have become rare in recent years, purchasing "custom": Although some of the revenue reserves outside the quota (outside surface), but the market supply and demand is expected to change because of purchasing and storage. Rare earth prices rose from 2010 since almost all related with the supply-side (against illegal mining, purchasing and storage and the formation of large groups, etc.), and as a subject of national strategy, this investment will also be the logical continuation. Therefore, purchasing and storage, large corporations are expected and the actual context of the fight against illegal mining of rare earth prices are expected to continue to rise.

A metal price performance: tungsten prices continue callback, electrolytic cobalt prices rose significantly. Last week, tungsten concentrate prices fell nearly 3% to 133,000 tons / year, dysprosium oxide prices fell 4.4% to 2.16 million yuan / ton. In addition, electrolytic cobalt prices rose nearly 3% to 210,000 yuan / ton (currently on the market are basically smart phone battery is a lithium-ion battery, the battery cathode materials are mainly lithium cobalt oxide, which accounts for about 60% of cobalt on the market most smartphones cobalt content of about 6 grams).

(2) integration of information and frequent earth. Recent research on the integration of rare earth overweight issues prevalent nationwide. (A) purchasing and storage is expected to increase RE: Recent media reports Shouchu many matters, the specific volume and price unknown. (2) the list of enterprises purchasing and storage rumors: it is involved in purchasing and storage enterprises in the coming year results in thickening of the problem. (3) large group story continues: the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Vice Minister Su Bo Summer Davos Forum in Dalian, said the Ministry is working with relevant departments to increase efforts to investigate illegal rare earth mining and pollution control efforts, but also the formation of a large group of rare earth industry there will be before the end of the results.


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Huxue Fang said that due to various reasons the lighting industry demand for rare earths has been drastically reduced, and the peak period (2010, 2011) compared to current demand for terbium oxide and europium oxide has been reduced by 60% -70%.

Huxue Fang on Thursday (12 May) at the 2013 annual meeting of the International Rare made ​​the above remarks.

Huxue Fang said that the lighting industry has greatly reduced demand for rare earths main reasons: the global economic downturn, coupled with LED replacement, making the fluorescent demand decreased by 20% -30%; coated process improvements, such as the emergence of high conservation coated phosphor the used amount of powder, phosphor demand is reduced by 50% -60%; phosphor technology to improve the utilization of reclaimed powder plus reduced amount of rare earth.

According to the said 2012 sales of domestic rare earth phosphors produced about 4,000 tons, while the production capacity of 30,000 tons, "production capacity is far greater than the demand." Rare-earth phosphor sales this year and last year probably, of 4000 tons, "and in 2010, in 2011, when sales of rare earth phosphor approximately 8000 tons, but some of them are inventory."

Huxue Fang said rare earth luminescent material costs accounted for the proportion is 80%, while the share of rare earth luminescent materials downstream applications, compared to just 6%, so the lighting industry, a significant reduction in demand for rare earth rare earth industry, the impact is limited.


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