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Strategic Study of CAE >> 2019, Volume 21, Issue 1 doi: 10.15302/J-SSCAE-2019.01.020

Advantages of Copper Resources and Prospects for Their Exploitation and Utilization in Tibet

1. Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment, Ministry of Natural Resources of the PRC, Institute of Mineral Resources,

Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China;

2. College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

Funding project:中国工程院咨询项目“面向2035的中高山–浅覆盖区非煤固体矿产快速找矿勘查战略研究”(2019-ZCQ-05) Received: 2019-01-06 Revised: 2019-01-18

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Abstract

Copper resources play an important role in the development of national economy. However, there is a large gap between supply and demand of copper resources in China. Tibet is a province with the most abundant copper resources in China, so the scientific and rational exploitation of copper resources in Tibet plays a very important role in ensuring the sustainable supply of copper resources in China. This paper summarizes the distribution characteristics of Tibet’s copper resources and the advantages and disadvantages for exploiting copper resources in Tibet. It proposes that we should adhere to the concept of scientific development, construct green development bases for copper resources in major metallogenic belts in Tibet, accelerate scientific exploration and orderly development of copper resources, correctly handle the relation between resource development and environment protection, and give full play to the economic, social, and environmental benefits brought about by the exploitation of copper resources, to promote the steady development of Tibetan society and achieve the goal of targeted poverty alleviation.

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