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Decreasing export quota of rare earth Stimulates price inflation 2012-08-03
RE prices jumped again last week,
neodymium oxide, praseodymium tons of domestic price of 6,000 yuan up to 197,000
yuan / ton, the domestic price of neodymium up 7,000 tonnes to 223,000 yuan /
ton. Although the distance of 25 yuan
/ ton is quite a distance record highs, but the trade, the current state of the
rare earth industry in efforts to rectify the unprecedented increase, this
year's export quota of 22,300 tons compared to last year's 39.52% decline in the
context of record high prices are expected
to challenge the domestic rare
earth.
With the rare-earth prices
soaring yesterday on the secondary market, colored Rising (600259, closing price
32.12 yuan), Baotou Steel Rare Earth (600111, closing price of 53.92 yuan),
Taiyuangangyu (000 795, closing price 10.00 yuan), Xiamen Tungsten (600 549, closing price 31.10
yuan), Ningbo Yunsheng (600366, closing price 18.77 yuan), Zhong Ke San Huan
(000,970, closing price 17.49 yuan) and other rare earth permanent magnet type
stocks surged across the board, group show staged daily limit.
Export quota fell
Jinsi Cheng
Proven reserves of rare earth
resources in China accounted for 36.52 percent worldwide, is the world's largest
rare earth resources in power. The supply of rare earth from the
global perspective, in 2009 China produced 120,000 tons of rare earth oxides,
accounting for 96.99% of global production, have an absolute monopoly.
Northeast Securities industry
analyst Zhu Leader told the "Daily Economic News" reporter, July 8, 2010 issued
by Ministry of Commerce, the second batch this year, general trade export quota
of rare earth, total 7976 tons, compared with the first batch of 2010
general trade export quota of
rare earth to reduce 8329 tons; than 2009 of the second batch of general trade
export quota of rare earth to reduce 8291 tons.
The 2010 annual export quota of
rare earth products was 2.23 million tons, down 39.52 percent compared to last
year. Guoxin Securities analyst Peng Bo
that the Ministry of Commerce could not be ruled out in the fourth quarter of
this year, some additional export quotas, export quotas, but added that the
incident occurred only in 2009, and the amount of not more than 2000 tons, so
even if there are additional, but also not affect a substantial decline
in export quotas.
Peng Bo said that China export
quota of rare earth products to bring the immediate effect of a sharp decline in
export prices is soaring RE. Asian metal mesh through
consultation, rare earth trade dealers get the latest feedback, due to the
tightening of rare earth export quotas, export quotas for low or no export quota
of rare earth smelting enterprises in order to obtain a quota, to spend 100,000
yuan to 200,000 yuan ~ / ton of the quota. To praseodymium neodymium oxide,
for example, the domestic offer is 197 thousand yuan / ton, if the smelting
enterprises to export neodymium oxide, praseodymium, you must first spend 20
yuan / ton of export quotas, which led to soaring export prices of rare earth
products. Even so, traders buy the quota is
quite difficult, at present there is no market price of the situation.
Stocks staged daily limit of rare
earth permanent magnet type show
Monday the first hot
well-deserved two cities, is the concept of rare earth permanent magnet unit.
Soaring 8.3% yesterday, the
entire plate, plate a total of eight units daily limit.
Ningbo Yunsheng correction about
a week slightly lower at the open Monday morning, the stock was quickly pushed
up 9:36 on the stand up circuit breakers, and has been maintained to the close.
By their drive, and Ningbo
Yunsheng business as a NdFeB afternoon Zhong Ke San Huan is also opening soon
heavy volume daily limit.
In addition, the Baotou Rare
Earth, Rising colored, Taiyuangangyu, Xiamen Tungsten and other rare earth
resources, the company holds the market yesterday also to receive daily limit of
blackboard newspaper.
For individual stocks yesterday,
rare earth permanent magnet type of collective outbreak, the industry feels that
the development of our weekend, Japanese Foreign Minister called on the rare
earth export restrictions unsuccessful.
Last weekend, the third
high-level economic dialogue held in Beijing, attended by 120 people, for the
biggest ever. During the Japanese side
expressed the hope that China will relax the export of rare earth, but did not
consent. Katsuya Okada, the Japanese
foreign minister also hide her disappointment, saying that a sudden reduction of
Rare Earth exports will
"affect the global production chain."
Ye Xin Xiangcai Securities
analyst said over the weekend that the message directly stimulate the market,
rose across the board to promote the plate Monday. "This year our country these
actions show the increasing importance of the strategic position of rare earth,
a sharp reduction of export quotas will directly boost the international market
price." Ye Xin said. He told reporters that despite
the current domestic market prices have a certain spread over the international
market, but this trend continues also push up domestic offer.