China releases 13 global reserve assessment data for mineral resources, including potassium salt | assessment | data | resource quantity | resources | minerals | global | reserves
On July 8th, the Global Mineral Resources Strategic Research Center of the China Geological Survey, Ministry of Natural Resources, released the Global Mineral Resources Reserve Assessment Report 2023.
This report is based on the "Global Assessment Report on Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel, Tin, and Potassium Mineral Resources Reserves", which was first released in 2021. It adds 8 new minerals including iron, manganese, chromium, copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, and phosphorus, and updates data on 5 minerals including lithium, cobalt, nickel, tin, and potassium salts. It comprehensively and objectively evaluates information on the reserves of 13 mineral resources worldwide as of the end of 2021. The report collects data from over 20000 mining projects covering 150 countries worldwide, and compares and reasonably corrects data from different global reserve systems and reserve data published by some countries according to unified standards, ultimately obtaining reliable and reliable global mineral resource reserve assessment data.
Data shows that the global iron ore reserves are 164.3 billion tons, with a resource volume of 582.8 billion tons; Global manganese ore reserves are 2.034 billion tons, with a resource volume of 8.073 billion tons; Global chromium iron ore reserves are 2.042 billion tons, with a resource of 4.301 billion tons; The global copper reserves are 82.163 million tons, with a resource of 1919.61 million tons; Global bauxite reserves are 15.3 billion tons, with a resource volume of 43.2 billion tons; The global lead ore reserves are 75.47 million tons, with a resource volume of 274.66 million tons; The global zinc ore reserves are 225.67 million tons, with a resource volume of 635.78 million tons; The global nickel ore reserves are 94.14 million tons, with a resource of 28.063 million tons; Global tin ore reserves are 3.27 million tons, with a resource of 10.02 million tons; Global cobalt ore reserves are 6.68 million tons, with a resource of 27.8 million tons; The global lithium ore reserves are 134.88 million tons, with a resource volume of 388.52 million tons; The global phosphate ore reserves are 34 billion tons, with a resource volume of 106.8 billion tons; Global potassium salt reserves are 14.9 billion tons, with a resource of 69 billion tons.
The report shows that global reserves of iron, manganese, chromium, aluminum, phosphorus, potassium salts, and lithium resources are abundant, while the level of protection for resources such as tin, lead, zinc, nickel, cobalt, and copper is relatively low, and further exploration efforts and funding investment are needed. The reserves of these 13 mineral resources in our country vary greatly in the global proportion, among which the reserves of four mineral types, tin, lead, zinc, and manganese, account for more than 10% of the global reserves, making them advantageous minerals; However, the reserves of the other nine mineral resources account for a relatively low proportion globally, making them scarce minerals.
The China Geological Survey plans to complete a global reserve assessment of 40 major minerals during the 14th Five Year Plan period, regularly and dynamically release assessment reports, and provide authoritative global mineral reserve data information.