China's high concentration of rare metals industry should operate

China's high concentration of rare metals industry should operate

The EU said in a statement on the 23rd, the day the United States and the European Union export restrictions on China's rare to the World Trade Organization (WTO) proceedings, saying that "China's export restrictions on several major rare, contrary to norms of international trade." China's Ministry of Commerce position on the 24th: China The main purpose of the export policy is to protect the environment, conservation of natural resources, the relevant policy is in line with WTO rules. The reason why Europe and the United States to conduct of the proceedings, the fundamental reason is that rare great strategic significance. To rare-earth as an example, rare earth is a kind of "metal technology," widely used in cell phones, lasers, as well as equipment manufacturers such as aviation, and its importance in national defense, from the ma-ping pong write "China, once lost," Rare-earth war "will lose the entire national security" by a text that is known to be seen One example: China's cheap exports of rare earth resources in the United States, Japan's laser weapons research by leaps and bounds, for example, after two years of secret testing, the U.S. Defense Department is introducing a new type of weapons - the aircraft on the assembly of the super-laser weapons, It will be five miles outside the moment the enemy's tanks ablation trace. RE Leighton Clevudine experts have said that there was no technology to speak of rare earth on nothing. Without technology, there is no future. We have more of RE, if the indiscriminate opening, will be depleted one day, that time on how to protect national security? The need for action in Europe and America, why is that China is a rare power. According to common sense, have the resources of the State monopoly will be the leading edge of the price of resources, Brazil, Australia, manufacturers of iron ore resources in the negotiations with the Chinese steel prices reflected the hard-line attitude, the three companies because they have the world's iron ore 70 % of reserves, which have pricing power. China accounted for many of the world's reserves of rare metals was also higher than 70%, but no pricing power. China's rare earth in the amount of savings, production and exports are the advantages of an absolute first in the world occupy, it is regrettable that, from 1990 to 2007, The export volume of rare earth in China increased by nearly 10 times the average export price may be down to the original price was 64%. In the world of high-tech electronics, laser, communications, superconducting materials, such as geometry class was demand, China is not a corresponding rise in the price of rare earth. The reason is that China's metals industry spread too thin. Rare earth industry as an example again, until in 2008, China's 20 export enterprises have more than 19 reduction in 2007, and previously rare earth export enterprises have as many as 200. Competition in the face of so many colleagues, some local governments and enterprises will naturally be to the immediate interests of each other to keep the prices down, the vicious competition. Whether national security strategy from the table to consider, or the pricing considerations for rare metals, China must have the resources in the rare advantage of strong industry integration, the implementation of a highly centralized management, to avoid excessive open the country for more interests. 2009-6-29