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Hot spot of the week! What are the major global mining events this week (8.20-8.26)

The National Development and Reform Commission reported on August 22 that in order to accelerate the demonstration, application and promotion of green and low-carbon advanced applicable technologies, and forge new industrial competitive advantages, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Natural Resources Ten other ministries and commissions have jointly issued the "Green and Low-Carbon Advanced Technology Demonstration Project Implementation Plan." The plan requires that a number of demonstration projects should be laid out and built with the focus on energy, industry, construction, transportation and other fields, and the demonstration and application of advanced and applicable technologies for source carbon reduction, process carbon reduction and end carbon fixation should be promoted throughout the chain. At the same time, the program is clear, shallow/deep geothermal heating/cooling and comprehensive utilization, large capacity.


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Geothermal power generation and dry hot rock power generation are included in the demonstration application and promotion project of "green low carbon advanced technology demonstration project implementation plan"

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The National Development and Reform Commission reported on August 22 that in order to accelerate the demonstration, application and promotion of green and low-carbon advanced applicable technologies, and forge new industrial competitive advantages, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Natural Resources Ten other ministries and commissions have jointly issued the "Green and Low-Carbon Advanced Technology Demonstration Project Implementation Plan." The plan requires that a number of demonstration projects should be laid out and built with the focus on energy, industry, construction, transportation and other fields, and the demonstration and application of advanced and applicable technologies for source carbon reduction, process carbon reduction and end carbon fixation should be promoted throughout the chain. At the same time, the plan is clear, shallow/deep geothermal heating/cooling and comprehensive utilization, large-capacity and efficient geothermal power generation and dry hot rock power generation demonstration, advanced nuclear power generation and nuclear energy comprehensive utilization demonstration are included in the non-fossil energy advanced demonstration projects; low-carbon zero carbon steel iron smelting demonstration, non-ferrous metal smelting integrated innovation and process optimization, advanced low-carbon petrochemical, modern coal chemical, renewable energy and petrochemical chemical production system coupling, "Seabed data center marine clean energy" demonstration and other industrial demonstration projects.

 

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Thick layers of high quality oil shale found in several places in the Nangqian Basin of Qinghai

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Science and Technology Daily, August 21, the Qinghai Salt Lake Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently stated that the research team of the Mahaizhou researcher of the institute has found thick layers of high-quality oil shale in many places in the Nangqian Basin of Qinghai, and its samples can be directly ignited. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau oil shale has not been reported at home and abroad. Since the beginning of this year, the research team has carried out an investigation of the evaporite of the Tuotuo River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and discovered oil shale in the Paleogene Yaxicuo Formation. It is found that the evaporite and oil shale in the Nangqian Gongjue Formation correspond to the sedimentary age of the evaporite and oil shale in the Yaxicuo Formation, and also correspond to the sedimentary age of the evaporite and oil shale in the Ganchigou Formation in the western Qaidam Basin and the oil-generating layer of the Qaidam Oilfield in Qinghai. From the perspective of geological tectonic evolution and basin sedimentary process, from Gongjue Basin, Nangqian Basin, Tuotuo River, Hoh Xil to the west Qaidam Basin, about 1000 kilometers from the east to west, and from the Nima Basin and Lunpola Basin in Tibet to the south of Kunlun Mountain in Qinghai In the vast area of about 800 kilometers north and south, many Paleogene petroliferous basins have developed, with huge potential for oil and gas resources. Due to the high altitude, difficult conditions, sparsely populated areas and low degree of geological survey and research, the potential evaluation of oil and gas and oil shale resources needs to be carried out in depth.

 

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Kimberlite was first discovered in the Baiyunebo area of Inner Mongolia, and the Kimberley rock mass was delineated.(Group) 3

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The website of the Department of Natural Resources of Inner Mongolia, August 18, the project "Investigation and Evaluation of Diamond Ores in the North China Block in Central Inner Mongolia" undertaken by the Inner Mongolia Geological Survey Research Institute recently discovered kimberlite for the first time in the Baiyunebo area of the North China Craton in Inner Mongolia. The deep research of diamonds and super-large rare earth mines in Baiyunebo is of great significance. It is understood that through nearly two years of field route geological survey, low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle magnetic survey, controllable source high-power sounding point survey and a large number of sampling, the institute has delineated three Kimberley rock masses (groups) on the surface of Baiyunebo area in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia. These Kimberley rocks are distributed in a north-east direction. According to the geophysical inversion work, there may be a cylindrical distribution locally, which needs further drilling and deep verification. In addition, according to the staff, part of the kimberlite surface in Bayan Obo area is yellow, yellow-green, gray-brown earthy output, and the other part of the bedrock is well exposed, showing breccia-like porphyritic output.

 

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For the first time, Hunan issued a market-oriented approach to comprehensively promote ecological protection and restoration guidance documents, participating in key areas including mine ecological protection and restoration.

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Hunan Provincial Department of Natural Resources, Hunan Provincial Department of Natural Resources, Hunan Provincial Department of Finance, Hunan Provincial Department of Ecological Environment, Hunan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Hunan Provincial Department of Water Resources, Hunan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hunan Provincial Forestry Bureau and other seven departments recently jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Encouraging and Supporting Social Capital to Participate in Ecological Protection and Restoration". This is the first time that Hunan Province has issued a market-oriented guidance document to promote ecological protection and restoration. The opinions are clear, encourage and support social capital to participate in the whole process of investment, design, restoration, management and protection of ecological protection and restoration projects, carry out ecological product development, industrial development, scientific and technological innovation, technical services and other activities around ecological protection and restoration, and carry out full life cycle operation and management of regional ecological protection and restoration; Focus on encouraging and supporting social capital to participate in ecological protection and restoration with government expenditure responsibility as the main responsibility; participation methods include independent investment, cooperation with the government, and public welfare participation. The key areas of participation include integrated protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, mine ecological protection and restoration, farmland ecosystem protection and restoration, urban ecosystem protection and restoration, and other natural ecosystems. System protection and restoration, exploring the development of ecological industries, etc. At the same time, the opinions encourage social capital to participate in the preparation of ecological protection and restoration plans, and rationally arrange the scale, structure, layout and timing of various spatial land in the ecological protection and restoration area. In addition, the opinions pointed out that for the main body of ecological protection and restoration that has concentrated and carried out ecological restoration to a certain scale and expected goals, it is allowed to obtain a certain share of the right to use natural resource assets in accordance with laws and regulations, and engage in tourism, health care, sports, facility agriculture, and culture. Development of education and other industries.

 

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0.15 billion Tons of Super Large Sand and Gravel Mine Bets in 0.304 billion yuan

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On August 18, the WeChat public account of the Hunan Sand Association, the Natural Resources Bureau of Haiyang City, Shandong Province recently issued an announcement stating that it will sell a sandstone mine for construction. The mine's resource reserves exceed 0.15 billion tons, and the designed annual production scale is 9.9 million tons. It will be sold for 13 years. The starting price is 0.304 billion yuan, about 2 yuan/ton. According to the announcement, the mine is located in Maoziji Village, Xin 'an Town, Haiyang City, Shandong Province. The name of the mineral right is the sandstone mine for construction in Maoziji North Mining Area, Haiyang City, with an area of 0.748 square kilometers. Within the mining area, the total resource of stone for construction is 153.601 million tons of ore. Among them, the amount of sandstone ore resources for construction is 127.792 million tons, and the amount of anshan rock ore resources for construction is 25.809 million tons.

 

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Chile's mining sector has been restructured to address the plight of the country's lithium industry and the crisis of national mining companies.

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Chile's "Financial Daily" reported on August 18 that due to internal disputes, zero progress in the national lithium strategy, and the crisis of the national mining company, Chilean President Boric recently made major adjustments to the mining sector during the third cabinet transition. That is, the former Minister of Mines Marcela Hernando, the former Deputy Minister Willie Kracht and the former Vice President of the National Mining Company Jaime Perez de Arce were dismissed. Aurora Williams served as the Minister of Mines of Chile, the Deputy Minister of Mines was Suina King, and the Vice President of the National Mining Company was Ivan Puig, a geologist and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Anglo American Resources (Chile Branch). It is understood that Aurora Williams served as the Minister of Mines and participated in the creation of the National Lithium Commission to formulate public policies for the development of the industry. Therefore, it is widely expected that this experienced cabinet member can solve the difficulties faced by the lithium industry.

 

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American funding$30 million to support domestic establishment of critical mineral supply chain

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U.S. Department of Energy website, August 21, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a few days ago that it will allocate $30 million million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act to carry out projects to extract and separate rare earth elements and other key minerals from coal, coal waste and related by-products, so as to help the country establish a domestic supply chain that is vital to the economy, clean energy and national security. The project will fund laboratory and laboratory-scale research to test economically viable and environmentally friendly extraction, separation and refining technologies to produce rare earths and critical minerals from unconventional coal resources that can be used in clean energy, defense and commerce, and equipment.

 

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The Indian government plans to ban the export of four rare metals, lithium, beryllium, niobium and tantalum, and increase the exploration and mining of rare metals.

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Russian satellite news agency, India's "business standard" on August 19, the Indian government recently considered banning the export of rare metals such as lithium, beryllium, niobium and tantalum. The strategy aims to ensure the country's self-sufficiency in important mineral resources, promote the development of local industries, and improve the country's position in the global rare metal market. In addition, in order to avoid problems such as supply shortages, price increases, and international trade disputes caused by the ban on the export of rare metals, the Indian government will take a series of measures: First, increase the exploration and mining of rare metals and increase domestic production. The second is to encourage local enterprises to carry out technological innovation and research and development to reduce dependence on imported rare metals. The third is to strengthen cooperation with other countries to ensure the smooth supply and trade of rare metals.

 

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BHP Billiton Launches Second Round of Exploration Acceleration Program (Xplor), focusing on key mineral exploration

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Mining Weekly8, 23, BHP Billiton has officially launched the second round of exploration acceleration plan (Xplor), will select a number of primary exploration companies to invest in key mineral exploration. During the six-month exploration acceleration plan, selected exploration companies will receive US $500000 in funding, in-kind services, guidance and training, and the opportunity to share a network of suppliers and service providers with BHP Billiton. The program accepts applications from August 23 to October 11. It is understood that in January this year, BHP Billiton selected seven nickel and copper exploration companies as the first batch of partners, including Australian listed companies Nordic Nickel, British Pike Minerals and Jinross Mining, as well as unlisted companies Tutomi Metals, Asian Battery Metals, Red Bull Copper and Bronst Exploration.

 

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Sweden to lift ban on uranium mining

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The Times, August 22, Swedish Climate Minister Romina Purmokhtari revealed a few days ago that the country will lift the ban on uranium mining to pave the way for expanding the use of nuclear energy. At the same time, the Swedish government has announced plans to build at least 10 large nuclear reactors over the next 20 years. It is understood that Sweden's uranium reserves account for 80% of the EU, and uranium is currently only produced as a by-product in the process of mining other metals. Following the news, Ola Energy and Diestrick Metals have expressed interest in developing uranium projects in the country.