Industrial Minerals


China shuts down illegal rare earths mines

24 July 2012

by Laura Syrett

Clampdown continues on Chinese mineral reserves

Keywords: rare earths, China, illegal mining, consolidation

Police in southern China’s Guangdong province said today that they have closed down nine illegal rare earths mines in Longchuan county over the past six weeks.

According to reports in China Daily, police made 45 arrests and seized over 100 tonnes of rare earth material from illegal...