Abstract:
In China,copper resources are scarce and relatively concentrated.Since the founding of new China,mine production has increased rapidly,but cannot satisfy the demand for downstream industries;at the same time,refined copper industrial layout and mine copper industrial layout is not matching,some provinces require lots of purchased copper concentrate.In this paper,based on some consumptions such as resources,mining technology,industrial policy,to forecast the future copper ore supply capacity in China,considering the actual production trends in recent 10 years,degree of utilization of reserves,the resource reserves and production matching degree of maintain reserves areas and production areas,resources conditions,the future demand for mineral resources and other factors.The analysis results show that,copper ore supply capability growth in Tibet has great potential,is a major growth point of China’s copper resources supply in the future;it is expected that by 2020,China copper mine production will continue to maintain an upward trend;thereafter,copper mine production growth is limited,will remain stable over a period of time.