Jiangxi Accelerates Green Rare Earth Industry

On April 10^th, Jiangxi launched the 'Integrated Demonstration of Typical Solid Waste Recycling Utilization of Gannan Ion-type Rare Earth Resource Base' project in Ganzhou city to develop the province's green and sustainable rare earth industry.

Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Yong Gan, Xiaowei Huang, as well as domestic experts and scholars in related fields gathered together to demonstrate and pass the project implementation plan.

As an important highland for the innovation and development of medium and heavy ion rare earths in Jiangxi as well as in our country, Ganzhou has not only made significant progress in the fields of rare earth mining, smelting and separation, but also in the forefront of the world, relying on years of technological innovation and technological progress.

At the same time, Ganzhou generates nearly 40,000 tons of solid waste every year during mining, metal smelting, and processing applications. The comprehensive recycling rate is low, and a large amount of tailings are piled up and cause environmental pollution issues.

It is understood that the project focuses on the comprehensive recycling and utilization of medium and heavy ion rare earth-based solid wastes, based on solving key issues such as solid waste recycling in the rare earth industry chain, with the goal of harmlessness, reduction, and resource utilization, and focuses on multi-source rare earths.

Through a variety of technical routes such as directional permeation and enhanced separation system design, to achieve a comprehensive solution for solid waste recycling and a commercial operation model.

After the completion of the project, it is expected that 50,000 tons of rare earth-based solid waste will be consumed each year, with an output value of more than 1 billion yuan, which would support the implementation of the national strategic emerging industry plan and achieve significant economic, environmental and social benefits.

The ‘Solid Waste Recycling’ project is another national key R&D project after Jiangxi took the lead in undertaking ‘Rare Earth Green Mining’ and ‘Rare Earth Mine Site Soil Pollution Control’ last year. This is the province's acceleration of promoting the green and sustainable development of the rare earth industry.