Abstract:
In 2021, the statistical results of the national non –petroleum mineral resource exploitation and utilization of the China’s Ministry of Natural Resources have shown that the number of Chinese mines has continued to decline, while the number of large and medium -sized mines has continued to grow to 49.7%. The total ore output and its output value decreased year by year during the “Twelfth Five-year Plan” period, then increased since the “Thirteenth Five-year Plan” year by year, and the supply-side structural reform obviously progress in the field of mineral resources exploitation. Nationwide mineral resources exploitation has gradually shifted from east to west. Domestic mines account for more than 99%. Non -petroleum energy minerals have the highest total industrial output value, followed by building materials and other nonmetallic minerals. The minerals required by strategic emerging industries have developed rapidly, and resource exploit structure has been continuously optimized. The technical level of the mining industry continues to improve, the number of employees continues to decrease, and the labor productivity increases. Since 2021 global supply chain shortage, the price of mineral products rise sharply, the profits of mining enterprises increased by 150.2% year on year. The investment in geological exploration and mining industry rise rapidly, and the confidence in the mining market gradually improve. The utilization rate of national mine capacity is 81.9%, and the rate of reaching the production capacity is 78.2%, both growth year-on-year. The exploitation and utilization of mineral resources show a good development trend.