China's investment into the exploration of oil, gas and mineral resources saw double-digit growth last year, leading to the discovery of 132 new mineral deposits, said a report on Thursday.
The report, China Mineral Resources 2023, released by the Ministry of Natural Resources, said China's efforts to advance a new round of mineral exploration strategies have yielded significant results, further enhancing the country's resource security capabilities.
According to the report, by the end of 2022, a total of 173 kinds of minerals have been discovered in China, including 13 kinds of energy minerals, 59 kinds of metallic minerals, 95 kinds of nonmetallic minerals, and six kinds of water and gases.
The report was released during the 25th China Mining Conference and Exhibition (CHINA MINING 2023), which opened on Thursday in Tianjin. (By Liu Yukun)
About CHINA MINING
China Mining Conference and Exhibition (CHINA MINING) is officially supported by Ministry of Natural Resources China. Since first held in 1999, CHINA MINING 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 survey and evaluation, exploration and mining, techniques and equipment, investment and finance, trade and services, etc., playing an active promotion role in creating exchange opportunities and enhancing mutual cooperation between domestic and foreign mining enterprises.
With the theme of "Innovation Promotes High-Quality Development of Mining", The 25th China Mining Conference and Exhibition (CHINA MINING 2023) was held at Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center of Tianjin China on October 26-28, 2023. This session was held in a combination of “offline oriented, online assisted”, restored the offline entities to hold conference and exhibition. At the same time, relying on the "Cloud Platform for China Mining Conference and Exhibition ", it provided the industry and the society with 24-hour uninterrupted information services and realized the "never ending" of the event. CHINA MINING 2023 consisted of the opening ceremony, keynote session, summit forums, thematic forums, "offline + online" exhibition, VIP tours, ministerial bilateral talks, BOCI night, welcome party, networking dinner, mining interviews (online), etc.. For more information about CHINA MINING 2023, please visit: www.chinaminingtj.org/en/.
