摘要
Located in the northwest of China,Gansuprovince owns a number of leading rare earth produe-ers.The annual output of rare earth chloride there hasranked the first in China in recent years.Gansu RareEarth Corporation,the largest RE producer in theprovince,has recently joined Baotou Steel & RareEarth Company in Inner Mongolia to develop the richrare earth resources in the north of the country,thusgreatly strengthening the competitiveness of theirproducts on the market.The provincial government in-