Impression on CHINA MINING Congress and Expo 2014
At 11 a.m. of Oct. 21st, the brief opening ceremony of the 2014 CHINAMINING Congress and Expo ended with warm applause. The excellent speech of Mr. Jiang Daming, the Minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources echoed in the reporter’s ears.
“People hope to live a happy and peaceful life with increased incomes and enjoy a good environment. As the government and the mining enterprises, we have the responsibility to take necessary measures, pay attention to and strengthen the environmental protection in the process of the mining exploration. We will explore our fortunes and in the mean time protect our environment. We should be the leader, promoter and practitioner of the green mining industry.” In the China’s largest mining event, Minister Mr. Jiang Daming sincerely mentioned that we should never forget people’s livelihoods when we make efforts to promote the harmonious unification of resources exploration, environmental protection and community development. All these confirmed this year’s theme of “Sustainable Development through Innovation” from another aspect.
Walking through the exhibition halls, I was deeply attracted by the bright color of the N5 main exhibition hall. Blue, yellow, green, red, all these colors lightened the room and totally changed my impression of the dull mining exhibition. Around the booth of the Ministry of Land and Resources, many famous mining enterprises decorated the booth with bright colors and vividly expressed their pursuit of green development.
At the booth of China Minmetals Corporation, the slogan of “Advanced Development, Green Development, and Innovative Development” was hung in an obvious position. Next to China Minmetals Corporation was the booth of China Minmetals Corporation whose background color was gold which set off the slogan of “Environmental Protection as the Foundation, Greening as the Vitality, Harmony Promoting the Development, Technology Creating the Opportunities”. One of the staff told the reporter that, since the implementation of the 11th five-year plan, their aim has been sticking to the sustainable development strategy. During the 11th five-year plan, they have invested 1.4 billion YUAN in environmental protection. From 2011 to 2013, they invested another 800 million YUAN.
At present, 30 enterprises have been listed as the national green mine pilot units by the Ministry of Land and Resources. The sustainable development strategy has laid a foundation for joint victory between enterprises and local governments as well as the harmonious development, especially effective in border areas and regions inhabited by ethnic groups.
Inside, the slogan of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd was “Green Zijin, Ecological Mining”. The slogan of Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd was “Shandong Gold, Ecological Mining”. All these famous mining enterprises regarded the sustainable development as their future development path and mission.
Not only large enterprises, many small enterprises also have the same idea. At the exhibition hall, the reporter met with an executive from a Jiangsu private enterprise. The enterprise focuses on revitalizing the mines through natural methods. The mountain soil, which is devastated by mining exploration, is mainly fixed by planting suitable vegetations. The scale of the company is not big and it has only run for 13 years, but it has revitalized many devastated mountains from north to south and from east to west. Some of the projects have been listed as the pilot projects by the Ministry of Land and Resources. “I am here with my green dream, and after I learn and share with my counterparts, I will go back with a bigger green dream. I will also come in the next year,” the executive told the reporter.
Outside the exhibition hall, the reporter saw another aspect of the Ministry of Land and Resources panels. The Chinese government`s resolution to build green mines was shown on a very obvious position, “the Chinese government is committed to developing green mining, building green mines and vigorously promoting green mines pilot units”. It is said that as of 2014, 661 mining enterprises have been listed as national green mines pilot units, among which 35 have passed the acceptance tests and fully completed the target goal of constructing green mines.
The sky is blue. The mines are green. Just as the lasting haze has dispersed, green brings hope to the mining industry. We believe that the China’s mining industry can permanently change its clunky image with the joint efforts of the Chinese government and the mining enterprises. Instead, we will see a green mining industry with the goal of “People living a happy and peaceful life with increased incomes and enjoying a good environment.”
(reported by Li Xiang) (translated by TLRHVC)
About CHINA MINING
Since first held in 1999, the scope and influence of CHINA MINING has grown rapidly year by year. As a global mining summit forum and exhibition, CHINA MINING Congress and Expo has become one of the world’s top mining events, and one of the world’s largest mining exploration, development and trading platforms, covering all aspects of the whole mining industry chain, including geological survey, exploration and development, mining rights trading, mining investment and financing, smelting and processing, mining techniques and equipment, mining services, etc. playing an active promotion role in creating exchange opportunities and enhancing mutual cooperation between domestic and foreign mining enterprises.
CHINA MINING Congress and Expo 2014 will be held at Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin on November 20th-23rd, 2014. We invite you to join the event and to celebrate the 16th anniversary of CHINA MINING with us. For more information about CHINA MINING 2014, please visit: www.chinaminingtj.org.
