China Vows to Strike Hard Against Illegal Rare Earth Mining

Mining Weekly reported that China said it will work hard to prevent illegal mining of rare earth elements.

The market news is quoted as saying:

In a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, (www.miit.gov.cn), Miao Wei said China’s rare earth resources had been put under increasingly heavy pressure as a result of surging domestic and global demand.

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