en.Wedoany.com Reported - The 2026 (22nd) China Nonferrous Metals Mining Conference opened on June 25 in Xining, Qinghai, under the theme "New Quality-Driven, Green-Enabled, Safety-First, Mining Powerhouse," aiming to promote high-quality development of the nonferrous metals mining industry under new circumstances.
This conference was guided by the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) and hosted by Beijing Antaike Information Technology Co., Ltd. Chen Xuesen, Standing Committee Member and Vice President of the CNIA Party Committee; relevant leaders from the Ministry of Natural Resources; Wang Haifeng, Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Western Mining Group Co., Ltd.; and Qu Bo, Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Chinalco (Xiong'an) Mining Co., Ltd., delivered speeches at the conference. Over 700 corporate representatives and experts from fields including mining and metallurgy production, equipment technology, research institutes, and investment and financing participated. Ma Cunzhen, Party Committee Secretary and Executive Director of the Nonferrous Metals Technology and Economic Research Institute, presided over the opening ceremony.
In his speech, Chen Xuesen noted that the nonferrous metals industry achieved fruitful results in high-quality development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and the upward trend of the industry has continued to consolidate during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Global competition over critical minerals has entered the deep waters of "geopolitical wrestling." With the joint efforts of the entire industry, significant results have been achieved in increasing domestic reserves and production, overseas resource deployment has been steadily advanced, green transformation has gained full momentum, and initial progress has been made in intelligent exploration. However, "two-way dependence" and "large but not strong" remain the biggest shortcomings. He believes that industry competition has shifted from "competing on cost and scale" to "competing on resource control, supply chain resilience, and strategic initiative." The core of solving the dilemma lies in making resource security the primary task, resource supply assurance the primary work, high-end manufacturing the primary driving force, and green development the future passport.
A relevant leader from the Ministry of Natural Resources stated that the period from the "14th Five-Year Plan" to the "15th Five-Year Plan" is a critical time for transitioning from a large mining country to a mining powerhouse, requiring greater emphasis on building green and intelligent mines and improving resource utilization efficiency. In the future, the ministry will continue to promote the application of advanced and applicable technologies for the conservation and comprehensive utilization of mineral resources, steadily advance the implementation of the survey and evaluation system for development and utilization levels, and accelerate the construction of high-end, intelligent, and green mines.
Wang Haifeng stated that Western Mining will go all out to secure resources and strengthen its core business, promoting the increase in reserves and efficient development of its three major resources—"mines, salt lakes, and tourism"—to build a diversified modern industrial system. The company adheres to a resource-based approach, leveraging its abundant resource reserves to continuously strengthen its core business and extend its industrial chain, while insisting on innovation as the key and digital intelligence empowerment to accelerate the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces.
Qu Bo introduced that Chinalco Group has implemented a strategy to "strengthen mineral resources," continuously increasing efforts in domestic and international resource acquisition, exploration, and development, achieving significant breakthroughs in key mineral types and critical metallogenic belts. Meanwhile, the group is actively applying new-generation information technologies such as 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence, expanding the application scenarios of its independently developed "Kun'an" AI large model, and promoting the digital and intelligent transformation of mine production and operations. As the group's core force for managing overseas resources, Chinalco Xiong'an Mining looks forward to building consensus with industry peers and exploring new paths for mining development.
During the keynote report session, experts including Wang Jionghui, Vice President of the China Mining Association and Chief Technical Expert of China Minmetals Corporation; Zhan Kai, Deputy Director of the Intelligent Expert Committee of the National Mine Safety Administration, Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and former Deputy General Manager of BGRIMM Technology Group; Wang Shulai, Party Committee Secretary, Executive Director, and General Manager of Beijing Institute of Geology for Mineral Resources Co., Ltd.; and Zhang Wei, Deputy General Manager of Chinalco (Xiong'an) Mining Co., Ltd., exchanged views on topics such as new progress in global exploration results and exploration technologies, digital intelligence empowering the development of new quality productive forces in mines, the security situation of China's nonferrous metal mineral resources and progress in geological exploration, and new paradigms for increasing reserves through technology. Tang Wujun, Deputy General Manager of Antaike, presided over part of the keynote reports.
The two-day conference features forums on mining industry trends, resource exploration and development, green mines and intelligent mines, critical strategic minerals, nonferrous metals mining investment, and an overseas nonferrous metals mining salon. Over 30 senior industry experts and scholars will engage in in-depth discussions on promoting the high-quality development of the nonferrous metals mining industry.
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