The Yaogangxian tungsten mine: Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China.

Rocks & Minerals | January 1, 2005| | Copyright

The metal industry is vital to China's overall economy, and although perhaps not a major metal, tungsten still plays an important role (Maby 2000). China produces approximately 70 percent of the world's tungsten and contains nearly 45 percent of the world's known tungsten reserves. Clearly, tungsten figures prominently in China's overall mining industry. In the year 2000, about 37,000 tons of tungsten concentrates were produced in China. Because of changes in its political structure and the reorganization of China's nonferrous metals industry, the central government handed over ...

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