China's national rare earth mining plan

The Ministry of Land and Resources identified 11 rare earth mines as the "national rare earth mining plan." It did not say what does that mean. But given the context, this might be part of the national strategy of integrating the industry, closing small mines and moving up the value chain.

I labelled the 11 mines on this map:


在較大的地圖上查看China National Rare Earth Mining Plan

Here is the link of the ministry's statement: http://www.mlr.gov.cn/zwgk/zytz/201101/t20110117_812188.htm