Chen Jinghe: Zijin Mining is accelerating the construction of the core competitiveness of the global mining industry

On September 21, at the opening ceremony of the opening ceremony of the 2022 (24th) China International Mining Conference, Chen Jinghe, chairman of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd., said that Zijin Mining is accelerating the construction of the world's core competitiveness and for China mining Enterprise formation has made due contributions to the status of economic scale.

Chen Jinghe pointed out that today the world is in a period of great change, and minerals are still an important foundation for the national economy. 82%of the first energy sources, 80%of industrial raw materials, and 70%of agricultural production materials still rely on mineral resources. Facing the unknown change in centuries, the supply of strategic minerals has become a major concern for global countries.

Chen Jinghe said that China is the world's largest manufacturing country and consumes about 40%to 50%of the world's mineral resources. Some strategic minerals have more than 70%, and China calls for the emergence of mining companies with global influence and competitiveness that match its market size.

"As a traditional industry, most of the most high -quality mineral resources are controlled by large Western mining companies. If Chinese mining enterprises are achieved, it is possible to have the ability to exceed the world." Chen Jinghe said.

Chen Jinghe said that over the years, Zijin Mining has continuously transformed the advantages of resources into economic benefits. In 2021, the main mineral products are copper, gold, zinc, and silver. After two years, lithium will also become an important mine in the company. product. It is expected that copper output will reach 870,000 tons this year, entering the sixth worldwide; zinc production will reach 396,000 tons, ranking fourth in the world.

In 2021, Zijin Mining achieved operating income of 225.1 billion yuan, and its net profit was 15.7 billion yuan. The main indicators entered the top ten in the world metal mining. As of the end of 2020, Zijin's mining gold resources reached 2373 tons, 11th in the world; copper 62.77 million tons, eighth in the world; zinc 9.618 million tons, fourth in the world; as of June 2022, lithium carbonate volume was 10.55 million tons, global worldwide, globally global ninth.

As a county -owned enterprise, Zijin Mining has risen rapidly within 30 years and has become a global multinational mining company with important influence?

In this regard, Chen Jinghe pointed out:

First, reform and opening up and comprehensive industrialization, explosive growth of mineral products.

The second is to realize the separation of ownership and operating rights, and fully operate and manage in accordance with market rules.

The third is a group of talents with ideal ambitions, loyalty and stability, particularly responsible, and innovative spirit.

Fourth, unique innovation concepts have become the core competitiveness of the enterprise.

Fifth, comply with international rules and follow and implement the ESG system.

Sixth, the values ​​of "developing mining and benefiting the society" have become the company's soft power.

In early 2021, Zijin Mining released the "Five Years (2+3) Planning and Development Outline of 2030". It proposed that by 2030, the indicators entered the third to five in the world to achieve "green and high -tech ultra -first -class international mining group". Strategic goals.

"Faced with this magnificent goal, Zijin Mining is fully promoting the deepening reform of 'concise, standardized, and efficient' with internationalization as its main standard, comprehensively builds the core competitiveness of the global mining industry, and forms a status of Chinese mining enterprises that match the economic scale and the economic scale. Make a due contribution, "Chen Jinghe said.

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