Rare earth regulation updates with inexhaustive export ban
2011-06-17 14:51:52 [Print]
On June 13, the Industry and Information Department held a national rare earth working conference to intensify the special rare earth industry regulation and reinforcement management, such as detachment of mining and smelting, environment protection as well as export and import order, which means that the special rare earth production regulation activity throughout the nation will start.
Miao Yu, Minister of the Industry and Information Department, noted that to completely implement “Advice of the State Council on the promoting the rare earth industry’s sustainable and healthy development” each units of the rare earth operation and coordination mechanism currently have already studied and set out rare earth mineral mining, smelting and detachment, environmental protection as well as other special regulation activities.
The rare earth industry behaviors Miao Yu required to firmly attack include illegal mining and over-mining, illegal production and production overfulfiling, zoology damage and environmental pollution as well as illegal rare earth export and smuggling.
“Meanwhile, the international market is also paying more attention on Chinese rare earth controlling policy. US and Japan not only intensified the development of the rare earth resources outside China, but also try to suppress Chinese rare earth policy through the international trade policy. For that, Miao Yu noted that China enhances and regulates the rare earth industry management to protect the precious resources and zoological environment, which accords with the international conventions and the related rules of WTO. It is not only responsible to the development of china, but also in charge of the development of the world.
Miao Yu commented in the meeting that China will continue to provide rare earth for the international market and manage rare earth’s mining, processing, domestic utilization as well as export according to the rules of WTO, wish for your understanding.
Miao Yu, Minister of the Industry and Information Department, noted that to completely implement “Advice of the State Council on the promoting the rare earth industry’s sustainable and healthy development” each units of the rare earth operation and coordination mechanism currently have already studied and set out rare earth mineral mining, smelting and detachment, environmental protection as well as other special regulation activities.
The rare earth industry behaviors Miao Yu required to firmly attack include illegal mining and over-mining, illegal production and production overfulfiling, zoology damage and environmental pollution as well as illegal rare earth export and smuggling.
“Meanwhile, the international market is also paying more attention on Chinese rare earth controlling policy. US and Japan not only intensified the development of the rare earth resources outside China, but also try to suppress Chinese rare earth policy through the international trade policy. For that, Miao Yu noted that China enhances and regulates the rare earth industry management to protect the precious resources and zoological environment, which accords with the international conventions and the related rules of WTO. It is not only responsible to the development of china, but also in charge of the development of the world.
Miao Yu commented in the meeting that China will continue to provide rare earth for the international market and manage rare earth’s mining, processing, domestic utilization as well as export according to the rules of WTO, wish for your understanding.
