THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RARE EARTHS IN CHINA

Liu Yujiu(Bureau of Rare and Rare Earth Metals,China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation,Beijing P.R.China)

摘 要：<正> 1.Rare Earth Resources in China1.1.Reserves and distributionChina is the country which is the richest in the world in rare earth（RE）resources of allavailable varieties of minerals and their deposits are located in vast areas in China.Reserveshave been estimated at a grand total of 36 million ton,which is 80% of the world（RE）de-posits.The majority of these deposits are concentratedly located in Baiyunebo mine of the

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