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Company Profile
Zhongke Rare Earth (Changchun)
About Zhongke Rare Earth (Changchun)
Zhongke Rare Earth (Changchun) is a Chinese rare-earth materials enterprise based in Changchun, Jilin Province, specializing in the deep processing and application of rare-earth elements rather than mining. The company sits in the downstream segment of the rare-earth supply chain, producing rare-earth functional materials including cerium-based polishing powders, rare-earth catalysts and rare-earth oxides used in optical-glass and semiconductor polishing, automotive exhaust catalysis and specialty chemicals. It is associated with the technology ecosystem of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, home to the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, a leading Chinese center for rare-earth chemistry and physics. Working primarily with light rare earths such as cerium and lanthanum, the company commercializes laboratory-developed processing and purification know-how. As a privately held, unlisted firm, it serves China’s precision-optics, electronics and catalyst markets within the country’s dominant rare-earth processing industry.