The development status of commercial mineral exploration in China

Mineral exploration is a productive investigation and research activity, through which the value of all mineral resources in the country can be revealed, and the material basis for the production of widely needed mineral products can be provided. So its role is very large, and it can be summarized as the following 4 benefits:

1.Mineral resource benefits.

The benefit of mineral resources is the relative number obtained by comparing the increased mineral resources through mineral resources exploration with the total amount of proven mineral resources. The benefits of mineral resources not only have good economic and social benefits, but also make an important contribution to the country's economic security.

2.Wealth growth benefits.

The benefits of wealth growth are mainly the natural value of mineral resources themselves, that is, the net value. This net value is not created by human labor, but it does exist, and once it is put into development, it will be transformed into real wealth. It is present in the mineral resource assets and, in turn, in the value of the mineral product.

3.Economic development effects.

The mineral products produced by the consumption of mineral resources are the initial raw materials, and most of the follow-up industrial chains are very long, which promotes the development of follow-up industries, forms a multiplier effect, and promotes the extraordinary growth of the GDP of the local area and even a region and a country. The direct result of economic development is, first and foremost, the increase in employment. In particular, the mining industry itself has a significant effect of directly and indirectly promoting social employment.

As long as the society has a strong demand for primary mineral products, once some small and medium-sized mines get mineral resources that can be exploited and utilized, they can immediately solve the employment problem of a certain number of people; And through employment, the effective demand and financial income of the local society will be increased. The "majority" of China's taxation is the circulation of taxes, such as business tax and value-added tax. Once the mining resources are found and developed, they can immediately expand the tax source.

4.Operating income benefits.

Commercial mineral exploration activities are originally part of mining activities, and its relationship with mining is: from the macro level, there is a social demand for mineral products before mineral products are produced; With the production of mineral products, there is a demand for mining rights. However, at the micro level, there must be geological prospecting before there is specific mine construction and the production of mineral products.

As mentioned above, among the three major factors of mineral production, mineral resources play a decisive role. That is to say, mineral exploration is the basis of the entire mining income, which is its operating income benefit.

China has a long history of exploitation and utilization of mineral resources. Far back in the Paleolithic period.

The ancestors of the Chinese nation began to use flint and chalcedony.

Minerals such as quartz, jade and some hard stones. Later, clay ore was also used to fire pottery, entering the Neolithic Age.

After that, not only ordinary pottery was used, but also painted pottery was fired and jade was made from jade, and after that, the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age began.

In the 21st century B.C., that is, the first dynasty in China's history - the Xia Dynasty, bronze ware has been used.

to the Shang Dynasty. Not only the pottery industry and the jade carving industry have developed considerably, but also the bronze manufacturing industry has appeared, and the use of bronze to make tools and **. Humanity entered the Bronze Age.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, our ancestors learned the technology of mining and smelting iron ore, and iron tools were widely used in agriculture, handicrafts and warfare.

By the Warring States period, iron products were more widely used, and society began to move towards the Iron Age.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, iron tools have been widely used in production, and coal has begun to be used as fuel, and the quality of steel has reached a very high level. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, China's mining development entered a prosperous period, and the mining industry developed in many regions of the country. After that, mining activities continued for 1,000 years until 1949, but very slowly.

In 1949, the country produced 32.43 million tons of coal, 120,000 tons of oil, 10,000 tons of iron and steel, 10,000 tons of non-ferrous metals, only 660,000 tons of cement, 40,000 tons of sulfuric acid, and pyrite.

20,000 tons, phosphate rock produced 20,000 tons in 1951, and the output of other non-metallic minerals is also limited.

Since 1949, the mineral resources exploration and development industry has achieved comprehensive and rapid development, which has effectively promoted the development of energy and raw material industries, and made China enter the ranks of major mining countries and energy and raw material producers.