Abstract: The moon stores a large number of metallic and non−metallic mineral resources. Making full use of lunar mineral resources can reduce the load of Earth launched to the moon and save the cost of deep space research. In this paper, the physical properties of lunar soil, the general principles, basic processes, technical characteristics and the latest research progress of the solidification molding process of simulated lunar soil materials and the extraction metallurgy process are reviewed, and the application prospects of these methods in the in−situ utilization of lunar minerals are prospected.