China Northern Zhongxin Antai Joins You at the 2025 SMM (2nd) Rare Earth Industry Forum

With the rapid development of the global economy and advancements in science and technology, rare earth elements, as indispensable key materials in modern high-tech industries, are increasingly receiving significant attention from governments, enterprises, and scientific research institutions worldwide. The distribution of global rare earth resources is highly uneven, with China, as the largest producer and consumer of rare earths, playing a crucial role in supplying the global market. However, with increasingly stringent environmental protection policies and rising costs of resource extraction, the rare earth industry is facing major challenges in sustainable development and transformation and upgrading. Meanwhile, other countries are accelerating the development of rare earth resources and the layout of supply chains, striving to gain more influence and market share in this strategic industry.

Against this backdrop, the 2025 SMM (2nd) Rare Earth Industry Forum will be held. The forum aims to gather the wisdom and strength of governments, enterprises, academia, and investors to jointly explore the future development trends, technological innovations, market dynamics, and policy environments of the rare earth industry. In-depth discussions will be held on these topics. It is expected that through this forum, all sectors can reach a consensus, jointly address the opportunities and challenges facing the rare earth industry, and promote the healthy and stable development of the industry. Leveraging the platform of the 2025 SMM (2nd) Rare Earth Industry Forum, we will jointly witness the new opportunities and challenges facing the rare earth industry, formulate strategies, work hand in hand, contribute to the sustainable development of the global economy, and shape a bright future for the rare earth industry.

At this conference, North Zhongxin Antai New Materials (Inner Mongolia) Co., Ltd. will make a grand appearance. Along with peers from upstream and downstream of the rare earth industry, the company will engage in in-depth discussions on the pain points and challenges of industry development, jointly explore business opportunities for win-win cooperation, and discuss strategies to promote high-quality development of the industry.

Click on the registration form to register immediately for the conference. Gather momentum, plan for the future, and embark on a new journey. We look forward to seeing you in Ningbo.

The company is located at No. 3 Ruicheng Road, Rare Earth High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia. The Baotou Rare Earth High-Tech Industrial Development Zone is the only national-level high-tech zone named after rare earth resources in China and the only national-level high-tech zone in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Our company is situated in the core area of the Rare Earth Industry Application Park within this zone. The surrounding enterprises are all involved in the production, processing, and deep processing of rare earth metals, with strong capabilities in upstream and downstream process integration, smooth technology sharing and complementary mechanisms, and convenient transportation.

(1) Product Structure and Production Line Overview

The company mainly produces and operates various types of rare earth metals, including four categories: Pr-Nd alloy, lanthanum metal, cerium metal, and lanthanum-cerium alloy.

Currently, the company has put into operation a 7,000 mt/year high-purity rare earth metal production line, which operates stably and smoothly.

(2) R&D and Technology

The company boasts a strong R&D team with comprehensive professional configurations and a reasonable age structure. It has established close industry-university-research cooperation relationships with scientific research institutions such as the Inner Mongolia Rare Earth Quality Supervision and Inspection Research Institute and the Baotou Rare Earth Research Institute. The R&D center has undertaken over 30 scientific research projects, all of which have been successfully implemented, resulting in 3 invention patents and 10 utility model patents. In 2019, the company developed seven technological achievements, including "Rare Earth Oxide Molten Salt Electrolysis," which were evaluated and identified by experts organized by the Chinese Society of Rare Earths. Three of these technologies were rated as domestically leading, and four were rated as domestically advanced. In August 2019, the company became a member unit of the National Rare Earth Standardization Technical Committee. It collaborated with the Baotou Rare Earth Research Institute to draft two industry standards, including "Lanthanum-Iron Alloy," five group standards, such as "Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnet Materials for Motors," "Cerium Metal," and "Pr-Nd Alloy," and five enterprise standards, including "Lanthanum Metal," "Cerium Metal," and "Neodymium Metal."

(3) Testing Center

The company has established a testing center that serves as a base for R&D and talent cultivation. While meeting its own production testing and inspection needs, it also provides testing and inspection services for other rare earth enterprises. The testing results are accurate and comprehensive, making it a benchmarking unit among similar rare earth enterprises. In addition, the testing center is equipped with advanced testing equipment from both domestic and overseas sources. Among them, the rapid testing instrument undertakes the testing tasks for all metal products of the company and can issue testing results within 30 seconds.

Company Advantages

(1) Regional Advantages: Baotou City's advantages in rare earth metal production lie in two aspects. On one hand, Baotou has unique resource advantages, being a world-class rare earth mineral resource production area. Its rare earth ore reserves account for 56% of the world's total and 80% of China's total. On the other hand, Baotou's rare earth industry has developed for over four decades, with a relatively complete industrial system and significant cluster effects. Its unique resource endowments and mature technological accumulation have contributed to Baotou City's prominent competitive advantages in the rare earth industry.

(2)Industrial Advantages: As a national strategic resource, rare earths possess monopolistic advantages. Stringent access thresholds have been set in mining, separation, deep processing, and application, providing tailored protection for the industry's development.

From the outset of establishing the development zone, Baotou positioned itself as a "national-level" rare earth development zone, aiming to be a material science, processing science, and applied science cluster that influences the world, human survival patterns, and national strategic directions. Therefore, the transformation and upgrading by economic and information technology departments, R&D innovation by science and technology departments, clean emissions by environmental protection departments, and preferential policies by tax departments all provide support. Each enterprise entering the park can receive a one-on-one service model from government departments.

(3) Corporate Advantages

① The company was merged into China Northern Rare Earth in July 2024, becoming a holding subsidiary of China Northern Rare Earth. This ensures a stable supply of raw materials and also steadily improves the quality of raw materials, thereby further guaranteeing the company's product quality.

② The government provides preferential electricity prices for rare earth enterprises in terms of electricity usage. In March 2018, the company was approved by the Inner Mongolia Industry and Information Technology Department to participate in the quarterly bidding in the Inner Mongolia Power Multilateral Trading Market, enjoying strategic new industry electricity policy support. This gives the company a more advantageous position in terms of electricity costs for rare earth metal processing compared to the southern region.

(4) Operating Performance: The company was established in January 2017 and acquired "Baotou Weilinna New Materials Technology Co., Ltd." through equity acquisition. After more than a year of intensive construction, it commenced production in April 2018. Within three years of its establishment, the company achieved rapid development, continuously upgrading from a "small" to a "medium" and then to a "large" scale enterprise.

(5) Product Quality: Quality is the lifeblood of a company's survival and development. From the outset of production, the company conducted comprehensive quality management training for all employees, controlling various aspects such as "personnel, machinery, materials, methods, and environment." In high-purity series rare earth metals and alloy products, it can achieve carbon content <200ppm, oxygen <200ppm, calcium <30ppm, magnesium <30ppm, silicon <50ppm, and inclusions (mainly rare earth fluoride and lithium fluoride) <5ppm. The product quality is stable, with consistent uniformity in batch products, and the product qualification rate exceeds 99%. The product level is in a leading position within the industry, receiving widespread recognition and consistent praise from both international and domestic customers. The company has passed ISO9001 quality management system certification.

(6) Safety and Environmental Protection: The company adheres to the philosophy of "high-standard planning and design, high-standard construction and management." In terms of safety, the company has established a safety work leading group and a safety committee, implementing a safety production responsibility system, and formulating safety management systems, safety archives for key units, and emergency evacuation drill plans in accordance with safety standards.

In terms of environmental protection, the company adopts all domestically advanced, environmentally friendly, and technologically advanced production processes and equipment, with environmental pollutant emission values being among the lowest in the industry. A new circulating cooling system provides cooling conditions for equipment in the rare earth alloy manufacturing workshop. The waste gas fluoride treatment system uses a three-stage spray, two-stage backwash, and one-stage cyclone plate method. The treatment system is externally connected to a circulating water pool, with all cooling water being recycled and not discharged. There is no production water usage in the NdFeB workshop, truly achieving zero industrial water discharge. In addition, by utilizing the waste heat from the circulating water inside the electrolytic furnace cover, the company realizes internal heating for all buildings in the plant area during winter, achieving energy conservation and emission reduction.

(7) Financial Management: From its inception, the company has hired tax experts and accounting experts as senior executives to conduct comprehensive financial planning and establish a sound financial management system. The company's accounting, financial management, and tax management are all carried out in accordance with the standards of publicly listed firms, ensuring accurate, comprehensive, and timely financial data, and establishing a solid financial foundation for the company's long-term development.

(8) Cultural Construction: The company has established a labor union organization to regularly carry out work in safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of employees, transmitting the company's management philosophy, and communicating the demands between the company and employees, achieving the results of "people-oriented, harmonious win-win." Corporate culture is the spiritual guide for the company's development. Since 2018, the company has published a corporate newsletter, with over 30 issues having been edited and printed since its inception. The establishment of the newsletter has created a platform for the company to convey its cultural philosophy and also provided a good platform for employees to understand the company's development, keep abreast of industry trends, and showcase their personal talents. In addition, the company occasionally holds various cultural and sports team activities, which not only enrich employees' cultural lives, enhance their sense of happiness in the enterprise, but also strengthen their cohesion and corporate responsibility.

(9) Corporate Honors: In February 2018, the company was designated as a "Pilot Unit for the Transformation and Upgrading of the Rare Earth Industry" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and received financial support for rare earth industry transformation and upgrading projects. In April 2018, it was awarded the Rare Earth High-Tech Zone Key Project Support Fund. In 2019, the company was rated as a national-level high-tech enterprise by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance. Our company is a member unit of the National Rare Earth Standardization Technical Committee, a council member unit of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths, a backbone member unit of the Baotou Rare Earth Industry Alliance, an off-campus practical teaching base for the Metallurgical Engineering Excellence Program of Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, and a "Green Channel" enterprise in the Rare Earth High-Tech Zone. The company owns the "Zhongxin Antai" trademark.

Looking Ahead

1. Expand Production Scale

The company is currently constructing an 8,000 mt/year rare earth metal and alloy project, with a planned total investment of 93.2232 million yuan and an additional capacity of 8,000 mt. Upon completion, the annual production capacity will reach 15,000 mt, making it the top rare earth metal enterprise in the surrounding area in terms of capacity.

2. Enrich Product Structure

To further expand market share, the company will continuously optimize its product structure and expand into medium and heavy rare earths based on its existing product structure. It plans to add metal and alloy products such as gadolinium-iron alloy, aiming to create a rare earth metal enterprise with a comprehensive product coverage.

3. Automation Construction

The company plans to implement technological transformations for "machine substitution" in the rare earth metal production line, aiming to achieve full-process "machine substitution" in rare earth metal production, including automatic feeding, furnace unloading, intelligent detection, automatic sorting and packaging, and full-process material handling.

With a keen global perspective, the company adheres to the development philosophy of revitalizing the enterprise through science and technology and achieving win-win cooperation. Guided by the value concepts that have been continuously cultivated, the company will gradually fulfill the shared responsibilities of individuals, enterprises, society, and the country, realizing the shared prosperity of corporate and social interests.

Contact Information

Li Xin 13304723535

Wang Zhenxin 18586166986

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2025 SMM (2nd) Rare Earth Industry Forum