Abstract: The article outline forming process of the domestic and foreign mineral resource economics system, summarized the mineral resource economic research object, the characteristic, the research primary coverage as well as main achievement of research of our country mineral resource economics; Had determined status of the mineral resource economics, and has pointed out main development direction of research of mineral resource economics:One is the mineral resource economics and the correlation discipline relations research; Two, conducts the mineral resource economics research face the mineral resource management practice; Three, enhances the research method and raises vigorously the talented person Who studies mineral resource economics.