稀土价格暴跌企业开发热情骤减_时事

稀土价格暴跌企业开发热情骤减

建设稀土开采和冶炼设施的成本非常高，这既是因为稀土的加工方法复杂，也是因为稀土生产设施从开始兴建到投产启用通常需要很长时间。由于稀土的市场价值下跌，那些有志于投资稀土开发的人要求所投资的项目具有更大的产量规模，以便项目能产生足够的利润以收回启动成本。

Kimberley listed on the Australian Securities Exchange last year with a plan to develop Cummins Range, a rare-earths project in a remote corner of the Australian Outback. Within a month of listing, the company's shares had risen 15% as tighter export controls in China, which accounts for more than 90% of global rare-earths output, pushed prices to a record high.

金伯利稀土公司去年在澳大利亚证交所上市，它计划开发位于澳大利亚人烟稀少内陆地区的Cummins Range稀土项目。上市还不足一个月，由于中国收紧稀土控制，该公司股价当时上涨了15%。中国占全球稀土总产量的90%以上，其出口限制措施将稀土价格推升至历史最高水平。

At their peak, prices of some rare-earth elements had jumped more than tenfold in little more than a year.

稀土价格处于最高峰时，某些稀土元素的价格曾在一年多一点的时间里跃升了1,000%以上。

However, Kimberley abandoned plans to develop Cummins Range because of the rapid fall in rare-earths prices, saying it would focus on commodities like copper and gold instead.