SHANGHAI, Jun 11 (SMM) – China Minmetals Rare Earth began to construct its rare earth mine in Jianghua, Hunan province on Monday June 10, according to a news release on the website of Jianghua government on June 11. 

Covering an area of 11.74 km², the mine has 104,300 mt-equivalent of rare earth oxides, the world’s largest among individual mines. 

Medium and heavy rare earth accounts for most of the deposit.