According to industry surveys, although the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China has paid great attention to the nationwide rare earth environmental verification in September, China's rare earth environmental protection still faces two major doubts: no specific penalties and no standardized equipment promotion. The industry believes that there is still much work to be done to truly put environmental protection policies in place.
Environmental Protection Verification
"Although there are also '** Lake' disapproval, we believe that this round of inspections will be very strict." Talking about the upcoming environmental protection inspection, Liao Liang, general manager of Sichuan Suining Fangxing Rare Earth Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangxi Copper Group, is In an interview with this newspaper, he said that as far as he knows, the entire industry is more or less preparing and rectifying this, including re-applying environmental assessment procedures, upgrading production equipment, and installing environmental protection devices.
In April this year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the “Circular on Launching the Verification of Rare Earth Enterprise Environmental Protectionâ€. After September 1, the expert group will conduct nationwide environmental protection verification of rare earth enterprises. Prior to this, all companies first carried out self-examination and self-correction and accepted provincial preliminary surveys conducted by provinces in advance. After September 1, the provinces will submit the list of qualified companies and materials submitted to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The Ministry of Environmental Protection will organize an environmental verification expert group to review and carry out spot checks. After the completion of the review, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will announce the list of rare earth companies that meet the requirements. At the same time, it shall copy the relevant departments such as the Ministry of Commerce to provide support for the relevant regulatory measures.
The reporter learned from rare earth enterprises and industry associations in Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Sichuan Province that it has become the unanimous goal of all companies to strive to enter the qualified list. Some smelting enterprises have even stopped production for technological transformation and installation of environmental protection equipment.
Lin Pinguang, deputy secretary-general of the Jiangxi Rare Earth Industry Association, told reporters that this year's companies attach special importance to environmental protection work and their attitude is positive for two reasons. First, China's emphasis on the rare earth industry has generated a great deal of deterrence. Businesses worry that if they do not enter the qualified list, they will face the fate of being merged under future policy pressures. Secondly, after the price of rare earth products has soared, rare earth enterprises that have obtained high profits in a short period of time have already had economic strength and have taken into account environmental protection. After the continuous release of the central industrial policy, the industry realized that, after extensive and destructive development, the environmental protection and ecological restoration and management of the rare earth industry is unavoidable.
Still doubtful about “two nothings†Although this verification is more severe than ever, the reporter understands from the industry that there are still two missing “non-specific punishment measures†and “no standard technical equipment guidance†in the verification implementation.
First of all, companies generally reflect that so far they have not seen specific and detailed penalties. This will likely weaken the final implementation of the policy.
Although the “verification notice†stated that environmental protection agencies at all levels do not approve the environmental impact assessment documents for new (reconstruction, expansion) projects for enterprises that have not submitted verification applications, failed verifications, or resorted to falsifications, they will not accept their environmental protection verifications for listing. Applications must not be issued for any aspect of environmental protection or compliance certification. However, the industry has stated that this does not constitute an issue for companies that do not have new project needs or have no listing financing needs.
“At present, the overcapacity of smelting and separation in our country is already very obvious. Most enterprises are unable to purchase rare earth ore in sufficient quantities. How about expansion? In addition, most of the companies are small in scale and have no financing requirements for listing.†Insiders said that there is no Prior to the introduction of detailed penalties, most of the companies were “not seeing the consequences†even if they did not meet the standards.
Second, to date, standardized technologies for controlling rare earth mining and smelter emissions have not yet achieved large-scale industrialization. In other words, companies are required to install environmental protection equipment, but they have not received authoritative standardization guidance. Therefore, blindness and arbitrariness are faced in the rectification.
“Without standardized technical guidance, many companies can only rely on their previous relationships with some colleges and universities to introduce some environmental protection technologies.†An industry authority told the newspaper yesterday that due to the special nature of rare earth product production, The technology is still in the laboratory stage and it is not perfect. Therefore, there have been embarrassing situations in which companies have introduced high prices but failed to meet emission standards and need to invest again.
The industry calls for the relevant departments, including the Ministry of Environmental Protection, to put forward pollutant emission standards, and at the same time should provide more detailed guidance to enterprises and truly help enterprises to invest in environmental protection in an efficient and economical manner.
Environmental Protection Verification
"Although there are also '** Lake' disapproval, we believe that this round of inspections will be very strict." Talking about the upcoming environmental protection inspection, Liao Liang, general manager of Sichuan Suining Fangxing Rare Earth Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangxi Copper Group, is In an interview with this newspaper, he said that as far as he knows, the entire industry is more or less preparing and rectifying this, including re-applying environmental assessment procedures, upgrading production equipment, and installing environmental protection devices.
In April this year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the “Circular on Launching the Verification of Rare Earth Enterprise Environmental Protectionâ€. After September 1, the expert group will conduct nationwide environmental protection verification of rare earth enterprises. Prior to this, all companies first carried out self-examination and self-correction and accepted provincial preliminary surveys conducted by provinces in advance. After September 1, the provinces will submit the list of qualified companies and materials submitted to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The Ministry of Environmental Protection will organize an environmental verification expert group to review and carry out spot checks. After the completion of the review, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will announce the list of rare earth companies that meet the requirements. At the same time, it shall copy the relevant departments such as the Ministry of Commerce to provide support for the relevant regulatory measures.
The reporter learned from rare earth enterprises and industry associations in Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Sichuan Province that it has become the unanimous goal of all companies to strive to enter the qualified list. Some smelting enterprises have even stopped production for technological transformation and installation of environmental protection equipment.
Lin Pinguang, deputy secretary-general of the Jiangxi Rare Earth Industry Association, told reporters that this year's companies attach special importance to environmental protection work and their attitude is positive for two reasons. First, China's emphasis on the rare earth industry has generated a great deal of deterrence. Businesses worry that if they do not enter the qualified list, they will face the fate of being merged under future policy pressures. Secondly, after the price of rare earth products has soared, rare earth enterprises that have obtained high profits in a short period of time have already had economic strength and have taken into account environmental protection. After the continuous release of the central industrial policy, the industry realized that, after extensive and destructive development, the environmental protection and ecological restoration and management of the rare earth industry is unavoidable.
Still doubtful about “two nothings†Although this verification is more severe than ever, the reporter understands from the industry that there are still two missing “non-specific punishment measures†and “no standard technical equipment guidance†in the verification implementation.
First of all, companies generally reflect that so far they have not seen specific and detailed penalties. This will likely weaken the final implementation of the policy.
Although the “verification notice†stated that environmental protection agencies at all levels do not approve the environmental impact assessment documents for new (reconstruction, expansion) projects for enterprises that have not submitted verification applications, failed verifications, or resorted to falsifications, they will not accept their environmental protection verifications for listing. Applications must not be issued for any aspect of environmental protection or compliance certification. However, the industry has stated that this does not constitute an issue for companies that do not have new project needs or have no listing financing needs.
“At present, the overcapacity of smelting and separation in our country is already very obvious. Most enterprises are unable to purchase rare earth ore in sufficient quantities. How about expansion? In addition, most of the companies are small in scale and have no financing requirements for listing.†Insiders said that there is no Prior to the introduction of detailed penalties, most of the companies were “not seeing the consequences†even if they did not meet the standards.
Second, to date, standardized technologies for controlling rare earth mining and smelter emissions have not yet achieved large-scale industrialization. In other words, companies are required to install environmental protection equipment, but they have not received authoritative standardization guidance. Therefore, blindness and arbitrariness are faced in the rectification.
“Without standardized technical guidance, many companies can only rely on their previous relationships with some colleges and universities to introduce some environmental protection technologies.†An industry authority told the newspaper yesterday that due to the special nature of rare earth product production, The technology is still in the laboratory stage and it is not perfect. Therefore, there have been embarrassing situations in which companies have introduced high prices but failed to meet emission standards and need to invest again.
The industry calls for the relevant departments, including the Ministry of Environmental Protection, to put forward pollutant emission standards, and at the same time should provide more detailed guidance to enterprises and truly help enterprises to invest in environmental protection in an efficient and economical manner.
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