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1、ChinasRareEarthElementsIndustry:WhatCantheWestLearnByCindyHurstCpateAuth:INSTITUTEFTHEANALYSISOFGLOBALSECURITYWASHINGTONDCPersonalAuth(s):HurstCindyReptDate:MAR2010PaginationMediaCount:43InstituteftheAnalysisofGlobalSecu
2、rity(IAGS)U.S.ArmyFeignMilitaryStudiesOffice731McClellanAvenueFtLeavenwthKS66027CindyHurstisananalystftheU.S.Army’sFeignMilitaryStudiesOfficeFtLeavenwthKSIntroductionChinacontrolsapproximately97percentofthewldsrareearthe
3、lementmarket.Theseelementswhicharenotwidelyknownbecausetheyaresolowontheproductionchainarecriticaltohundredsofhightechapplicationsmanyofwhichdefineourmodernwayoflife.Withoutrareearthelementsmuchofthewldsmoderntechnologyw
4、ouldbevastlydifferentmanyapplicationswouldnotbepossible.Fonethingwewouldnothavetheadvantageofsmallersizedtechnologysuchasthecellphonelaptopcomputerwithouttheuseofrareearthelements.Rareearthelementsarealsoessentialfthedef
5、enseindustryarefoundincruisemissilesprecisionguidedmunitionsradarsystemsreactivearm.Theyarealsokeytotheemergenceofgreentechnologysuchasthenewgenerationofwindpoweredturbinespluginhybridvehiclesaswellastooilrefinerieswhere
6、theyactasacatalyst.(Note:fmeindepthinfmationonthespecificusesofrareearthelementsrefertoAppendixA).OverthepastfewyearsChinahascomeunderincreasingscrutinycriticismoveritsmonopolyoftherareearthindustryfgraduallyreducingexpt
7、quotasoftheseresources.HoweverChinaisfacedwithitsowninternalgreaterrepercussionssuchasmedamagetotheenvironment.Regulationsonsafeminingpracticearenearlyimpossibletoenfceinthistypeofenvironment.Asitisbecauseofpomanagementp
8、racticesthelargescaleoftheindustryChinaalreadyhasdifficultyinenfcingregulationstoimprovesafetyenvironmentalmeasuresinitsrareearthindustry.SevereenvironmentaldamageAmajconcernsurroundingChina’spracticeofminingrareearthele
9、mentsisthenegativeimpactithastotheenvironmentduetolaxminingpractices.Thereareanumberofpotentialenvironmentalimplicationstominingrareearthelementsifnotdoneproperly.Unftunatelybecauseoftherevenuepotentialmanyrareearthmines
10、havebeenoperatingillegallywithnoregulationcausingsevereenvironmentalhazardswhichexacerbatestheproblem.In2005XuGuangxianwrotethatthiumwasasourceofradioactivecontaminationintheBaotouareatheYellowRiver.Accdingtoalocalsource
11、whoaskednottobeidentified“IntheYellowRiverinBaotouthefishalldied.Theydumpthewaste–thechemicalsintotheriver.Youcannoteatthefishbecausetheyarepolluted.”Some150millionpeopledependontheriverastheirprimarysourceofwater.Undert
12、raditionaltechnologymeansrefiningrareearthelementsrequiressuchchemicalsasammoniumbicarbonateoxalicacid.Thepotentialhealthhazardsofammoniumbicarbonateinclude:Irritationtotherespiratytractifinhaledirritationtothegastrointe
13、stinaltractifingestedrednesspainifitcomesincontactwiththeeyesrednessitchingpainifitcomesincontactwiththeskin.Oxalicacidispoisonouspotentiallyfatalifswallowed.Itisalsocrosivecausessevereirritationburnstotheskineyesrespira
14、tytractisharmfulifinhaledabsbedthroughtheskincancausekidneydamage.TheseotherchemicalsoftenfindtheirwayintotheYellowRiver.SafetystardsinChinaarelax.“Peopleintheir30shavediedofcancerwkingaroundtheminespossiblyfromradioacti
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