"I'm always hearing how china is going to "crack down" on illegal miners. But I never hear about any actual crack downs."
Tom, that's because you won't find them on the nightly news, there have been numerous reports over recent years, some with quite specific detail, here's another today:
Guangdong confiscated 30 tons of illegal mining of rare earth minerals
2016/12/30 9:16:32 Source: Southern Network
According to reports, carried out this year, land and mineral satellite film law enforcement inspection, the province investigated and dealt with illegal land 18000, 4.18 million acres, investigate and deal with 96 cases of illegal exploration and mining, the implementation of a fine of 154 million yuan, 3,074,200 square meters of confiscated construction , Demolition of the building 2341300 square meters, rehabilitate the land area of 3870.89 acres, confiscation of illegal mining of rare earth minerals such as 30 tons, the party and government disciplinary recommendations 244 people, transferred to the judiciary for criminal responsibility 19 people. Guangdong Provincial Department of Land and Resources in 2016 has 8 cases of direct investigation and handling of seven cases of supervision, transfer of illegal clues 134 cases, the completion of illegal mining, destructive mining mineral resources destruction caused by the identification of value 72.
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