Beijing Nonferrous Metal Research Institute 15, according to information provided by the strong magnetic, after more than 10 years of scientific research, China has successfully developed the technology of high quality rare earth metal and alloy industrialization preparation with the international advanced level, breaking the monopoly of developed countries in technology, provides the material guarantee for the development of strategic emerging industries China.

The rare earth, known as the industrial "vitamin", is the general name of the 17 elements. Since 80s of the last century, with the rapid development of rare earth magnetic and catalytic materials, the application of rare earth has increased significantly. Some countries even regard it as a strategic element of the century. Among them, high performance rare earth functional materials have become the key supporting materials in the emerging fields of automotive, electronic, IT, new energy, aerospace and other strategic emerging fields.

Beijing Nonferrous Metals Research Institute predicts that in the next 10 years, magnetic materials and new energy materials will be the focus of the application of rare-earth materials, and also the strategic commanding heights of the international cutting-edge technology fields. Rare earth magnetic materials and new energy materials need high quality rare earth metals and alloys as basic raw materials.

China is recognized as the largest rare earth resource country in the world with large reserves of rare earth and full ferric oxide ore. After nearly 50 years of development, China has become the largest producer, consumer and exporter of rare earth in the world. The output of rare earth smelting and separating products accounts for more than 90% of the total world's total rare earth. But in the early 90s of last century, the rare earth metal industry in China was smaller, the production process was backward, and the purity of the product was low.

Zhang Shirong, a spokesman for Beijing Nonferrous Metals Research Institute, said that in order to change the current situation of China's rare earth metals and their alloy production technology, equipment backward and product grade, and break through the foreign technology blockade, China has made a series of important progress in strengthening R & D.

Zhang Shirong said, through technical research, improve the level of Chinese metal smelting and products of rare earth magnet, rare earth metal purity not less than 99.99%, a single furnace capacity is 10 times higher than the energy consumption reduced by about 60%. The rare earth Nd-Fe-B magnets in China have entered the high and new technology fields of foreign monopoly.

General Research Institute for nonferrous metals Beijing where Zhang Shirong is China non-ferrous metals industry is the largest comprehensive research and development institutions, the magnet manufacturer "two bombs and one satellite", "Shenzhou spaceship" provides a number of new technology, new technology and new materials. Among them, the technology provided by the National Engineering Research Center of rare earth materials, which is subordinate to the Institute, supports more than 65% of the global production of rare earth products.