China Releases Tungsten Production Quotas for 2017, SMM Reports

Published: Jun 8, 2017 11:13

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The Ministry of Industry & Information Technology (MIIT) released tungsten production quotas for 2017 June 7, SMM understands.

SHANGHAI, Jun. 8 (SMM) - The Ministry of Industry & Information Technology (MIIT) released tungsten production quotas for 2017 June 7, SMM understands.

Producers having no quotas or producing more output than allowed quotas will be forced to suspend production immediately. Those that illegally sell or purchase will be punished.

According to the notice, total tungsten production quotas are 91,300 tonnes for 2017.

China Tungsten Production Quotas for 2017 (Unit: tonne)

Region Tungsten Concentrate (WO365%)

Total 91300

Inner Mongolia 1500

Heilongjiang 1100

Zhejiang 650

Anhui 1200

Fujian 2900

Jiangxi 38450

Henan 6000

Hubei 300

Hunan 23600

Guangdong 3560

Guangxi 3000

Hainan 190

Yunnan 6600

Shaanxi 100

Gansu 1710

Qinghai 140

Xinjiang 300

Note: Total quotas include exploration of associated ore.

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