China raises first batch of 2022 rare earth quota by 20%

Reuters | January 28, 2022 | 7:50 am China Rare Earth 
China hikes 2021 rare earth quotas by 20% to record highs
Ion-absorbed-type rare earth minerals found in China — the white, gray, red, yellow loose sand clay, called ion-absorbed-type rare earth raw ore, also called weathering crust of rare earth ore leaching plot.

China has set the first batch of its 2022 rare earth mining output quota at 100,800 tonnes, 20% higher than the same time last year, according to a government statement on Friday.

China also set the quota for smelting and separation of rare earth at 97,200 tonnes, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the Ministry of Natural Resources said in a joint statement.

This is also up 20% from a year earlier.

The mining quotas will be shared among the country’s four main producers.

China is the world’s dominant producer of rare earths, a group of 17 minerals used in electric vehicles (EVs), consumer electronics and military equipment.

(By Beijing monitoring team and Chen Aizhu; Editing by John Stonestreet and David Goodman)

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