Wang Min Met with Chilean Mining Minister
On the afternoon of November 30th, Wang Min, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources of China met with Hernán de Solminihac, Minister of Mining Ministry, Chile and Louis Schmidt, the Chile Ambassador to China and and other foreign guests in Beijing. Both parties communicated in depth about further strengthening the cooperation in the field of copper resource and geological minerals, and reached the intention of signing the memorandum of understanding on cooperation.
Wang Min expressed his greetings to the visit of Chilean Mining Ministry Delegation on behalf of the Ministry of Land and Resources, PRC, and briefly reviewed the progress of cooperation between the two parties in recent years. He pointed out that both China and Chile are countries rich in mineral resources and has a great complementarity in the field of copper resources especially. Chile is the largest copper export country in the world and China’s economy needs the support and guarantee of copper resources. The two parties have great potential of cooperation in the field of geology and mineral resources.
Wang Min suggested that both parties build close cooperation mechanism. First, maintain top-level exchanges and sign cooperation agreements, especially enhance communication and cooperation in the field of mineral resources prospection and development. Second. continue the study of global copper supply and demand trend, form report of global copper market outlook, and discuss about developing the cooperation study of potassium resources. Third, reinforce the information sharing, set up geology database and promote the substantial cooperation on mining industry.
Hernán de Solminihac agreed with Wang Min’s proposal. He also hoped that both parties establish cooperation commission, decide specific contact persons to coordinate and solve the problems in the cooperation and enhance the communication and cooperation between Chinese and Chile in the field of mining industry.
The relative heads in Ministry of Geological Survey Dept, Mineral development and Management Dept, Technology and International Cooperation Dept, China Geological Survey Bureau, Information Center, Central Geological Exploration Fund Center and China Mining Association attended the meeting. (Lv Yuanjuan) （translated by TLRHVC）
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