AEMA, coalition launch legal challenge to BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule
The American Exploration & Mining Association was joined by a coalition in filing a challenge last Friday in the Wyoming district court.
The head of China’s largest metals trader has called for government efforts to consolidate the rare earth industry and nurture competitive domestic firms in the sector.
Zhou Zhongshu, president of China Minmetals, said that the difficulties facing China’s rare earth industry mainly come from the fact that local authorities, owners of rare earth mines, tend to issue mining licenses to local firms.