Liaoning encourages deep-processing of non-metallic minerals during 14th Five-Year Plan period
2021-12-15 16:20:03 [Print]
The Department of Natural Resources of Liaoning recently issued a draft overall plan for the development of mineral resources during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025)
According to the plan, four mineral resources exploration and development comprehensive zones for gold, magnesite and boron rock are set up to advance the establishment of Fengcheng green mining industry demonstration zone in Dandong.
The plan also highlights the mining of strategic minerals such as coal, iron, gold, boron, magnesium, copper, fluorspar and flake graphite, and scarce resources such as lead and zinc, but restricts the mining of minerals with high-sulfur, high-as, high-F coal, marsh peat and other resources that are restricted to be mined.
The overdevelopment of mineral resources such as magnesite shall be avoided while the mining of iron ore, boron rock and talc ore is encouraged. In addition, the deep-processing of non-metallic minerals is suggested.
. The plan calls for a steady decline in the total number of mines to stabilize at around 2,000 by 2025, with the percentage of large-to-medium mines rising to about 30% . The province will also limit the mining capacity for magnesite to 30 million tonnes per year . In addition, the development of a green mining industry will be fast-tracked along with accelerated upgrade, with the goal of having 260 green mines by the end of the period.According to the plan, four mineral resources exploration and development comprehensive zones for gold, magnesite and boron rock are set up to advance the establishment of Fengcheng green mining industry demonstration zone in Dandong.
The plan also highlights the mining of strategic minerals such as coal, iron, gold, boron, magnesium, copper, fluorspar and flake graphite, and scarce resources such as lead and zinc, but restricts the mining of minerals with high-sulfur, high-as, high-F coal, marsh peat and other resources that are restricted to be mined.
The overdevelopment of mineral resources such as magnesite shall be avoided while the mining of iron ore, boron rock and talc ore is encouraged. In addition, the deep-processing of non-metallic minerals is suggested.