Prospects for China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation in the Future

China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Initially Presents New Mode of Interactive Interaction With the completion of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, the convenience conditions under the framework of the FTA have made the desire for cooperation between Chinese and ASEAN enterprises more urgent, and this has been particularly evident in the field of cooperation in the mining industry. At present, a comprehensive and interactive new pattern has been initially formed.

Officials from the Ministry of Land and Resources stated that the Chinese mining authorities and the mining authorities of the ASEAN countries have maintained good bilateral cooperation and frequent personnel exchanges. They have carried out plans for the mapping of important metallogenic belts in neighboring regions, comparative studies of metallogenic regularities, and other fields. A number of geological and mineral cooperative research projects. In the multilateral field, China actively participates in cooperation with ASEAN in the field of geology and mineral resources under the “10+3” framework. Since 2007, we have actively participated in the "10+3 Mining Consultation Meeting" and actively created conditions for the training and discussion of geological and mineral resources management and technical personnel in the ASEAN countries, sharing successful experiences, enhancing mutual understanding and mutual trust.

The bilateral trade volume of mineral products is also considerable. In 2009, China imported a total of 15.49 billion U.S. dollars worth of mineral products from the ten ASEAN countries, and 7.89% of the country’s total mineral products imported that year. The main imported varieties are coal, nickel ore, aluminum ore, petroleum, iron ore, manganese ore, etc. .

The cooperation between enterprises has also become more pragmatic. In recent years, Chinese mining companies have carried out a series of investment cooperation with ASEAN countries and successfully implemented a number of mining exploration and development projects. According to Liu Minnan, vice president of the China Minmetals Chemicals Import & Export Chamber of Commerce, from 2009 to the present, China’s mining investment projects in ASEAN countries accounted for about one-fourth of the total number of investment projects. There are 67 companies that invest in mining in eight ASEAN countries. The minerals are mainly iron ore, copper-gold ore, nickel ore, chromium ore, and potassium salts, of which Indonesia has the top 29 investment projects.

Yan Diyong, Deputy General Manager of China Nonferrous Metals Mining Group Co., Ltd., said that thanks to the rapid development of China’s own economic and mutual economic and trade exchanges with China’s ASEAN countries, CNMC and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines Eight ASEAN countries have conducted good economic and trade exchanges. Nonferrous Metals Resources Recycling Project invested and established by China Nonferrous Metals Group in Thailand—Taiwan-China Lead-Antimony Alloy Factory is the largest lead producer in Thailand, and its products account for more than 30% of the Thai market share; the Myanmar Dagongshan Nickel Mine under construction The total investment of the project is 822 million U.S. dollars. It is the largest cooperation project in the Sino-Myanmar mining industry. It has been listed as a key investment project for the development of overseas resources by the Chinese government. The investment in the development of the Paksong bauxite project in Laos has progressed well; the company has constructed Vietnam. The Shengquan Copper Mine and Dalong Smelter ended the history of Vietnam without producing copper.

Wang Dongsheng, general manager of Chinalco Mineral Resources Co., Ltd., stated that before 2010, Chinalco and some ASEAN countries and governments conducted cooperation in the mining industry. The company’s cooperation and development projects in Laos and Indonesia opened up a new phase in the cooperation between Chinalco and ASEAN. .

Li Yangtong, Chairman of Guangxi Non-Ferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd., which occupies a geographical position, introduced that after the establishment of Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group, it took advantage of Guangxi's forefront in China-ASEAN cooperation to steadily take the “going out” step and strengthened cooperation with Cambodia and Laos. The mineral cooperation between ASEAN countries such as Vietnam and Vietnam, there are already several projects in progress or negotiation.

Complementarity, “The Age of Free Trade Zones” Prospects for broad cooperation in mining industry The people of the mining industry in China and ASEAN interviewed stated that China and ASEAN countries have strong complementarities in the mining industry and are built on the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area. Next, the two sides will comprehensively "speed up" their cooperation in the mining industry and have broad prospects.

Wang Dongsheng believes that in the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, Chinese companies have strong technology and investment capabilities in exploration, smelting, and engineering construction. "These advantages have provided China and ASEAN extensive cooperation in the field of mining resources. ”

ASEAN has abundant mineral resources, but it is limited to funds, technology, and experience. It has a low degree of development and utilization, and many resources are in an “idle state”. The Deputy Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines, Jemall Dololin, said that the Philippines has rich mineral resources such as gold, copper, nickel, iron and manganese, and about 9 million hectares of land on a land area of ​​about 30 million hectares is potentially rich. Mineral resources, but only 1.4% are currently being explored and mined.

Zhao Pengda, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor at the China University of Geosciences, who once visited Laos, said that ASEAN countries have rich mineral resources, but the overall level of exploration is not high. In Laos, for example, the main mineral resources are iron, gold, zinc, copper, coal, etc. Except for China and Australia developing two gold and copper mines, the others are almost never explored.

Many ASEAN sources also stated that China has a relatively high level of mining and utilization in the mining industry and hopes to strengthen cooperation with Chinese companies and achieve a win-win situation. Saney Ni Youtai, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Minerals of Thailand’s Ministry of Industry, said that Thailand’s current mining is mainly shallow mining, while China has developed more advanced technology for deeper mining and both sides can strengthen technology and investment. Cooperation in the fields of trade and trade.

The establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and the accompanying series of facilitation measures in the fields of trade and investment have enabled this cooperation. Deputy Wu Chen Wu of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region stated that the trade liberalization and investment facilitation brought by the free trade zone can not only greatly reduce the cost of cooperation between the two sides in minerals and energy, but also reduce the exploration of mineral resources and energy resources. Barriers to development.

The free trade zone's drive for mining cooperation has begun to show results. At the 2010 China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Forum and Expo 2010 held in August this year, mining companies from China and ASEAN countries signed a total of 13 project contracts with a contract value of nearly RMB 7 billion***.

Wang Dongsheng stated that China Aluminum will have a long-term perspective, accelerate the in-depth cooperation with ASEAN countries in various mineral resources, shift from short-term emergency to long-term strategic cooperation, passively respond to market changes, and actively pursue win-win development. Yan Diyong also stated that CNMC will make full use of the broad platform of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, actively play its own advantages in capital, technology, and talents, and exchange and share the successful experience of developing international non-ferrous metal resources with ASEAN countries. , to explore and seek to deepen cooperation and accelerate development.

The information service became a business and thirst for mining industry people said in an interview that although the prospects for cooperation between China and the mining industry are broad, companies currently face difficulties in developing foreign markets, such as lack of information and unfamiliarity with the environment. They hope to provide comprehensive information services. Intermediaries and platforms. In addition, in order to further give play to the advantages of the Free Trade Zone, the two sides also need to speed up the interconnection of the transport infrastructure and strive to increase their influence on the pricing of global mining resources.

Some mine officials said that the lack of familiarity with the local environment has led companies to face great difficulties in their investment operations. Li Yangtong introduced that the company has some mineral development projects in Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries. A major challenge for foreign investment is the unfamiliarity with the local environment, including laws and regulations, geological resources, and social culture. Wang Haizhou, chairman of Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., also stated that the high risk of mining activities is mainly affected by various factors such as survey risk, geological risk, market risk, political risk, etc. Any problems in any link may cause major losses to the company and even result in Bankruptcy.

In response to this problem, people in the mining industry hope that countries will strengthen the construction of an international mining investment information platform and provide more and better services to enterprises. On the other hand, they hope that more companies will be able to provide comprehensive investment information for “going out” enterprises. Service professional agency.

Sanna Niyuta and others believe that in addition to investment, technology, and trade cooperation, China and ASEAN should also accelerate the connection and interconnection of transportation channels, so as to facilitate the circulation of goods, capital, and services, and at the same time, The cooperation also depends on cooperation in the fields of human resources and finance. China Nonferrous Metals News On October 19, the 7th China-ASEAN Expo was held in Nanning, Guangxi. ** The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference** Jia Qinglin inspected the booth of Chinalco's company in the company of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guo Shengfu and the Autonomous Region's Ma Ying. Luo Jianchuan, member of the Aluminum Corporation of China, Luo Jianchuan, president of China Aluminum, and Ding Haiyan, vice president of China Aluminum, reported to Jia Qinglin.

Jia Qinglin carefully watched various products exhibited by Chinalco's booth. Before high-tech aerospace and various new-type materials, he stopped to watch and asked interested Luo Jianchuan about the performance of materials, and gave full affirmation to the achievements made by Chinalco.

Luo Jianchuan made a concrete report on Chinalco’s accelerating the strategic transformation of international multi-metal mining companies, giving full play to its leading position in science and technology, and ensuring that national resources and energy security are ensured and the development of China’s aerospace industry is assisted. Jia Qinglin fully affirmed Chinalco’s efforts in accelerating structural adjustment and technological innovation as well as its achievements in defense industry, aerospace and other fields in recent years, and encouraged Chinalco to produce more quality products and strive for top-notch quality.

In recent years, China Aluminum Corporation has taken the opportunity to deepen the study and practice of the scientific concept of development to speed up the transformation of the economic development model and take the path of comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable scientific development. The company focuses on the strategic positioning of an international multi-metal mining company, based on domestic facing overseas, actively "going out", participates in global resource allocation, implements technical output and industrial transfer, and builds "Overseas Chinalco"; deepens management reform and innovation; Azimuth-depth structural adjustment; promote scientific and technological innovation to promote energy-saving emission reduction and new materials development, seize the commanding heights of low-carbon economic development, and promote the company to the high end of the value chain. In the new round of competition featuring “turning mode and adjusting structure”, they will seize the commanding heights and strive for innovative advantages. In the great practice of building an international multi-metal mining company, they will play a role in creativity and be a good practitioner. Continuous development.

Chinalco has participated in the ASEAN Expo for seven consecutive years. This exhibition highlights the company's correct leadership under the leadership of the State Council and the State Council. It has fully implemented the strategic transformation of an international multi-metal mining company and carried out an all-encompassing deep structural adjustment in technological innovation. Achievements in international cooperation, energy saving and emission reduction.