赣南稀土的开采始于1970年,至今已有20年,1988年全区稀土产量达到4000余吨。稀土工业已成为赣南的支柱工业,并为赣南的经济振兴增添了新的活力。 但是,稀土矿的开采也带来了一系列急待解决的问题。开矿后的矿区及其附近土地将很快丧失农业利用价值,大量尾沙弃土和废水下泄,危害农田、村庄、江河塘库,致使附近人们失去赖以生存繁衍 South of rare earth mining began in 1970, has been 20 years, in 1988 the region reached more than 4,000 tons of rare earth production. Rare earth industry has become a pillar industry in southern Jiangxi, and added a new vitality to the economic revitalization of southern Jiangxi. However, the exploitation of rare earth ore also brings a series of urgent problems to be solved. After mining, the mining area and its adjacent land will soon lose its agricultural use value, a large amount of tailings spoil and waste water will be discharged, which will endanger the farmland, villages and rivers and ponds, causing nearby people to lose their livelihood.