Industrial Minerals


China to curb illegal rare earths mining with invoice system

01 June 2012

by Jack Elliott

South Asian country introduces tax to tackle “rampant illegal mining”

Keywords: China, rare earths, Baotou, rare earths exports

China will introduce a specialised value-added tax invoice system for rare earths producers today, in a bid to curb the excessive illegal mining and production of rare earths.

According to China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the new system represents an important regulatory...