2019, Volume 21, Issue 1
Strategic Study of CAE >> 2019, Volume 21, Issue 1 doi: 10.15302/J-SSCAE-2019.01.019
Exploitation and Utilization Status and Safe Supply Strategy of Copper, Aluminum, Lead, and Zinc Resources in China
1. Beijing General Research Institule of Mining & Metallurgy Technology Group, Beijing 100160, China;
2. State Key Laboratory of Mineral Processing Science and Technology, Beijing 102628, China
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Abstract
As important raw materials for national economic development, copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) are the most consumed non-ferrous metals. China’s Cu, Al, Pb, Zn production and consumption have consistently ranked first in the world for more than a decade, but the output of mining resources is far from meeting domestic consumption, which leads to a high degree of dependence on foreign resources. Based on exploitation and utilization status study and future demand forecast of Cu, Al, Pb, Zn in China, this paper analyzes the guarantee level of domestic, foreign, and secondary resources to the consumption demands, and formulates a safe supply strategy for Cu, Al, Pb, Zn resources. The safety guarantee target for Cu, Al, Pb, Zn metals in the next 20 years will be quantitatively constructed from the three sources of domestic supply, overseas development, and international trade, and from the three procedures of mineral products, recycled metals, and refined metals. Various strategic measures should be implemented to ensure the safety of Cu, Al, Pb, Zn metal resources, such as increasing domestic exploration and development, improving domestic supply capacity, adhering to green and sustainable development of domestic resources, strengthening secondary resource recovery, and actively utilizing overseas resources.
Keywords
mineral resources ; non-ferrous metal ; safe supply ; copper ; aluminum ; lead ; and zinc
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