Critical minerals and energy resources security

Critical minerals are the important resources in different historical periods, which had a great strategic significance and key supporting effect in economic and social development.After analyzing the critical minerals list and the relevant data, such as resource reserves, productions, consumptions and trades from China, America, Britain, Japan, Australia, Brazil and European Union, determines 57 species of critical minerals, including cobalt, wolfram, niobium, tantalum, rare earth, manganese, lithium, stibium, graphite, vanadium, platinum family, aluminum, nickel, bismuth, zirconium, chromium, titanium, berylium, indium, tin, molybdenum, magnesium, hafnium, galium, germanium, fluorite, zinc, uranium, iron, copper, gold, phosphorus, scandium, silicon, rhenium, coal, potassium salt, rubidium, cesium, tellurium, selenium, strontium, thallium, barite, boron, arsenic, helium, barium, thotium, lead, mercury, silver, cadmium, diamond, sulfur, petroleum, natural gas.The critical minerals in the world are mainly included rare metals, scattered metals, rare earth metals, precious metals, ferrous and non-ferrous metals.Their production and consumption are mainly distributed in 42 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Russia, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany, South Korea.The main deposit types of critical minerals are sedimentary, hydrothermal, metamorphic, weathering crust, magmatic and porphyry type, which are mainly distributed in the metallogenic domains of Lauria, Gondwana and metallogenic areas of Ural-Mongolia, Africa-Arabia.At present, the Russia-Ukaine conflict has seriously impacted the international energy and mineral products market.The anti-globalization measures of decoupling and chain breaking carried out by European and American countries have complicated the situation of international energy, resources cooperation and competition.We will focus on critical minerals, accelerate the building of a new dual-cycle development pattern, and take into account various factors, such as geological priority, technological feasibility, economic reasonability, environmental friendliness, legal permission and financial support.We will strengthen green exploration, efficient development, strict protection, rational utilization and planning control of the energy and important mineral resources both at home and abroad.There are important strategic measures to maintain the energy and resources security of our country and promote the high-quality development of mining industry.