AccordingtothenoticereleasedbyMIITandtheMinistryofNaturalResources,thefirstbatchofrareearthoreminingquotaswas60,000tonsin2019,ofwhichquotasforionictyperareearthmineral(mainlymediumandheavyrareearth)was9,575tons,andquotasforrocktyperareearthmineral(mainlylightrareearths)was50,425tons.