Abstract:
As the world economic growth is slowing, the demand of major mineral commodities has been shrinking since the fourth quarter of 2011. At the same time, financing is more and more difficult, and the mining cost is rising,and the prices of iron ore, copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, nickel and other metal have declined, and mining stocks have fallen. As a result, the global mining has entered again into the down phase. However, the demestic situation of mineral resources runs smooth. The demand of mineral resources is tight in China and loose in the world, which will be relieving in short-term and tightening in long-term. First, the mining fixed asset investment growth has increased by quarter. Second, the supply capability of mineral products has been increasing constantly. Third, the imports of important minerals kept going up. Fourth, the prices of important mineral commodities have kept fluctuating at high level. At last, the markets of exploration and mining rights are active.