China increases rare soil elements with a mitigation restriction
China’s export of rare land elements jumped in June, which is an indication of the possibility of increased magnetic supplies, to the restrictions imposed by the government, which was the most powerful weapon in Beijing’s hand during his trade war with the administration of US President Donald Trump. Customs issued today, Friday, showed that China’s exports of all rare land elements increased by 80% compared to the lowest level in five years, during May, when the country applied strict restrictions to exports. The magnets, which are one of the most important elements in recent commercial tension, are most of the ‘products’ category, but the detailed data associated with their exports will not be available the earliest Sunday. A partial recovery of rare metal supplies despite the large quantities, but it is still much lower than the levels that preceded with the greatest shock in the supply of world magnet, which asked several governments around the world to encourage Beijing to increase the stock. Product exports rose to 3808 tonnes, compared to 2115 tonnes in May. In early April, China launched a more strict export system with 7 out of 17 rare land elements, including strong magnets used in advanced technology industries, including electric cars, smartphones and combat aircraft. This step threatened to cause extensive unrest in the US industry, which US President Donald Trump asked to agree to a commercial ceasefire. However, this comprehensive decision also damaged businesses and caused the governments from Europe to India dissatisfaction, increasing the global trade in the world, and deepened the complexity of Beijing’s relations with other major economies. All consignments now require export permits from the Chinese Ministry of Trade, which work to review a large amount of accumulated requests. China published a leap in China’s exports earlier this week showing that its export of rare earth elements, whether in the form of mineral materials, oxides or pure minerals, has jumped to the highest levels since 2009, indicating that buyers are rushing to store these materials for manufacturing magnets outside China. In a separate context, the Chinese intelligence agency renewed its confirmation on Friday to tighten its campaign against smuggling rare land elements. The Ministry of State Security published on the accusations of the “Wethat” platform of foreign entities, which were not mentioned, by smuggling this material “by postal delivery services”.