On November 14, 2019, the 2019 National Rare Earth Standardization Technical Committee Annual Meeting and the Fifth Session of the Rare Earth Standardization Committee were held in Quanzhou, Fujian. As a member of the National Rare Earth Standardization Technical Committee, our company appointed the testing expert Hao Qian to participate in the meeting on behalf of the company.

At the meeting, the standard name approved by the rare earth industry in 2019 was released. The industry standard “ La_Ce sulphide”, which was led by our company, was officially released for review, the standard number is XB/T 509_2019, and will be formally implementation on January 1, 2020.

The standard was established in 2017 and was led by our company. Baotou Rare Earth Research Institute, Nonferrous Metals Technology and Economic Research Institute, Guangdong Rare Metal Research Institute and Shandong Sinocera Functional Material CO.,LTD.participated in the formulation.After two years of review and revision of the application,it was officially released in November 2019. This standard specifies the classification, requirements, test methods, inspection rules and signs, packaging, transportation and storage and quality certificates of La_Ce sulphide products. It is suitable for the preparation of La_Ce sulphide by chemical method with the oxide, carbonate and other compounds of lanthanum cerium. It is used as pigment for plastics, coating, enamel, glass, rubber, ink, construction and other industries.