介绍了中国古代的矿物加工技术，包括早期的石器和陶瓦制作，中国先民使用矿物制作器件，古代铁矿的矿冶加工利用，古代的湿法提铜，古代重选淘洗技术的使用和记述，古代的浮选技术，古代铜、铁矿冶生产规模等；也简要阐述了近现代中国选矿工业的兴起与科技发展，总结归纳了现代矿物加工科学技术的创新成就。

This is an overview paper about mineral processing in ancient China, the main contents include the minerals and metals used by ancient Chinese people; the scale of ironmaking and copper metallurgy in ancient China; copper extraction by hydrometallurgy,the application and record of gravity separation and flotation technologies in ancient China; and the final is the establishment of recent and modern mineral processing industry in China.