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Accelerate the construction of a precious metal resource recycling industry
Release time:
14 May,2015
[Introduction] The recycling of precious metal secondary resources has become an important area of the precious metal industry. It is imperative to accelerate the development of the precious metal new materials industry and the secondary resource recycling industry.
“The recycling of precious metal secondary resources has become an important area of the precious metal industry. It is imperative to accelerate the development of the precious metal new materials industry and the secondary resource recycling industry.” This is the appeal from Zhao Jian, a national people's congress representative and senior engineer at Yunnan Guirenyuan Platinum Co., Ltd.
Zhao Jian said that global precious metal resources are scarce, especially platinum group metals. According to statistics, the global proven reserves of platinum group metals are 66,000 tons, with South Africa, Russia, the United States, and Canada accounting for 99% of the total reserves. In 2013, the global mine production of platinum group metals was 401 tons. Due to high demand and short supply, developed countries have positioned and supported the utilization of precious metal secondary resources as an important area of the precious metal industry. Global secondary resource recovery of platinum group metals has increased year by year, increasing from 75 tons in 2005 to 150 tons in 2013, and has become an indispensable source of market supply.
“It is suggested that China's customs import catalog for platinum group metal secondary materials be adjusted, the grade limit on materials containing platinum group metals be relaxed, the import policy for platinum group metal raw materials be improved, and the import of platinum group metal secondary resource materials be encouraged.” Zhao Jian gave an example, saying that developed countries implement tax incentives for the import of platinum group metal secondary resource materials, and the United States, the European Union, and Japan do not levy import duties. Currently, China's usage of platinum group metals reaches more than 150 tons/year, mainly relying on imports. The classification restrictions on materials containing platinum group metals with a content of more than 3% have restricted the import of a large amount of platinum group metal materials, which has an adverse impact on the guarantee and reserve of national strategic resources.
Given that China's recycling of precious metal secondary resources started late and the current situation of small, scattered, chaotic, and weak enterprises, Zhao Jian hopes to implement an access system for the precious metal secondary resource recycling industry, raising the technical, scale, and environmental protection thresholds to achieve market regulation, clean environmental protection, and ensure a continuous supply of resources.
“Construct a national-level platinum group metal recycling base in the Dianzhong Industrial New Area, build China's ‘platinum capital’, and guarantee the demand for platinum group metals in the development of China's modern industry.” Zhao Jian suggested that the state support Yunnan in vigorously developing the precious metal new materials and platinum group metal secondary resource recycling industries, striving to transform Yunnan from a large province of non-ferrous metal resources into a strong province of new materials; include precious metal new materials in relevant national science and technology planning major projects, conduct systematic planning and support, and strengthen technological support for the precious metal new materials industry.
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