China Rare Earth Holdings Ltd

China Rare Earth Holdings Limited is an investment holding company that manufactures and sells rare earth products and refractory products in the People's Republic of China, Japan, Europe, and internationally. Its rare earth offerings include fluorescent materials, polishing agents, and high temperature ceramics, and are used in electronic devices, computers, electronic motors, LCDs, DVDs, magnetic materials, magnetic memory chips, fiber optics, superconductors, mobile phone batteries, precision optics, and energy-saving environmental protection products. Its refractory products serve heat-treatment facilities in the petrochemical, steel metallurgy, non-ferrous metallurgy, glass, construction material, chemical fertilizer, and ceramics industries. The company also trades rare earth products; it was formerly known as Yixing Xinwei Holdings Limited, changed its name to China Rare Earth Holdings Limited in May 2000, was founded in 1987, and is headquartered in Yixing, the People's Republic of China.