Bayan Obo

Proper noun

Bayan Obo

1. A mining district of Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China.
   • Bayan Obo is 146 km by road north of Baotou (population 1.5 million), where the ores are concentrated and smelted. The climate of Bayan Obo is extremely dry.[...]About 40,000 people live at Bayan Obo, most of whom work either directly in mining or in support activites.1990, Lawrence J. Drew, Meng Qingrun, Sun Weijun, “The Bayan Obo iron-rare-earth-niobium deposits, Inner Mongolia, China”, in Lithos, volume 26, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43
   • In 1992, during his visit to Bayan Obo, China’s largest rare earth mine, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping declared, “There is oil in the Middle East; there is rare earth in China.”2010, Cindy A. Hurst, China's Ace in the Hole: Rare Earth Elements, number 59, NDU Press, →OCLC, page 124

   Synonyms:

   Baiyun Ebo, Baiyun'ebo, Paiyun-opo