China has 2500 square kilometers of rare earth Minerals National Planning Zone

Chen Bin to realize the sustainable use of rare earth minerals and protect the ecological environment, the Ministry of Land and Resources recently decided to set up China's first batch of rare earth mines, planning areas including 11 blocks, the total area of more than 2,500 square kilometers. According to the Ministry of Land and Resources issued the announcement, the first batch of 11 Rare-earth state Planning Mining area is in Ganzhou, the total planning area of 2534 square kilometers, planning area involving Longnan, Xunwu, Dingnan, Gan County, Anyuan, Xinfeng, Quannan, Ganzhou and other areas of the 7 rare earths mainly production counties.　　The forecast of rare earth resources is about 760,000 tons, of which the medium-heavy rare earth resource reserves about 710,000 tons.　　At the same time, the Ministry of Land and Resources also decided to set up the western Sichuan Panxi Iron Mine National Planning mining area, including Panzhihua, Baima two mining area of more than 460 square kilometers.　　Ministry of Land and Resources Division of Mineral Development Management said that the delineation of the establishment of rare earths national planning mining area is not only to protect the depletion of rare earths resources, the need to achieve sustainable use, but also the need to protect the ecological environment. At present, China's rare earth reserves account for only about 1/3 of the world, while the supply is more than 90% of the world. Since last year, export quotas for rare earths have been a major international controversy.　　In addition to China's rare earth mining chaos, regulation is not in place and has been criticized by public opinion. Related articles