Hubei suspends approval of mining rights in phosphate rock planning area

The Hubei Provincial Government has recently issued relevant proposals to propose the establishment of a provincial-level phosphate ore planning area and requested that, starting from this year, all mining ore prospecting and mining rights in the phosphate ore planning zone be suspended in order to promote the use of the project besides the provincial-level geological prospecting fund projects. Phosphorus chemical industry structure adjustment and upgrade.

The opinions put forward: First, set up a provincial-level phosphate ore planning area, and allocate the phosphate rock area and the metallogenic prospective area for which no mining rights have been set up to the provincial phosphate rock planning area. From 2011 onwards, with the exception of the provincial-level Geological Survey Fund Project, the approval of prospecting rights and mining rights for all minerals in the provincial-level phosphate ore planning zones will be suspended. The second is to further reduce the number of phosphate rock development entities and mining rights, and gradually reorganize and shut down the phosphate ore enterprises with a production capacity of 150,000 tons/year or less, so that the resources will be further concentrated on leading enterprises and large-scale key phosphate chemical companies. Third, the phosphate ore is listed as an important mineral species in Hubei Province. According to the development plan of the phosphor chemical industry during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, the provincial land and resources management department may recoup the commercial investment of the phosphate prospecting right according to law. The fourth is to advance the structural adjustment of the phosphorus chemical industry, promote the upgrade of the existing phosphorus chemical industry, support the development of fine phosphorus chemical products, and prohibit new low-level phosphate fertilizer projects and pure yellow phosphorus production projects.

The reporter learned that the phosphate rock is the most comparatively advantageous mineral species in Hubei. Yichang Phosphorus Mining Area, located in the western part of Hubei Province, is one of the five largest phosphate rock bases in China and has the proven reserves of reserves ranking second in the country. Although the phosphate rock resources in Hubei are very abundant, the advantages do not really translate into economic advantages. The main reason is that local enterprises are rich in resources, exploiting wealth, abandoning poverty, extensive management, and indiscriminate digging, and the efficiency of resource utilization is low.

In response to the outstanding problems existing in the development of local phosphate resources, Hubei Province has proposed four principles: “It would rather not pick, not pick; it would rather not dig, not indiscriminate digging”. The Hubei Provincial Government has also specially formulated the "Hubei Phosphorous Mineral Resources Plan" to promote the two-way equity participation of mines and downstream processing enterprises through the reorganization of phosphate rock resources and production factors, thereby forming a joint mining, processing, and processing industry.

The reporter noted that not only Hubei, but also various industry associations are pushing for structural adjustment and upgrading of the phosphorus chemical industry. According to reports, the "12th Five-Year Plan for Development of Phosphate and Compound Fertilizer Industry" disclosed by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation shows that no new or expanded wet-process phosphoric acid and supporting phosphate and compound fertilizer projects will be built within 3-5 years; enterprises with phosphoric acid From the current about 90 homes to about 50.