综合一区欧美国产,99国产麻豆免费精品,九九精品黄色录像,亚洲激情青青草,久久亚洲熟妇熟,中文字幕av在线播放,国产一区二区卡,九九久久国产精品,久久精品视频免费

Business / Industries

Mining to become key to Tibet's economy

By Du Juan in Tibet (China Daily) Updated: 2012-07-09 09:03

Mining projects

Mining to become key to Tibet's economy

Huatailong's mining project in Jiama town, Metrorkongka county, 68 kilometers from the center of Lhasa. China Gold, the only central State-owned enterprise in the gold industry in the country, now owns the Jiama mine.  [Photo / China Daily] 


To help the local Tibet residents to have better living standards and earn more, the company decided to hire them to help with the planting. Each of them can get paid 50 to 70 yuan a day. According to the company, during April to September, the company can help 60 to 80 local people to earn 7,500 yuan each.

"I used to be snubbed by my fellow villagers because I helped people from the inland to explore the mining resources in the region," said Lukhang Yeshe when being asked about the difficulties of his job.

He started by acting as an interpreter of the Tibetan language for Mandarin speakers in 2008 and is now the general manager's assistant at Huatailong.

He said the area has a 15-year history of mining and there were mainly private companies in the area before China Gold came in 2008. The private mining companies were not well regulated and disputes often erupted among the local people over the deaths of yaks that drank polluted water and the reduction in grassland.

The regional government asked State-owned companies to begin mining and associated development there during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10). The aim was to develop the mining resources scientifically with advanced technology and protect the fragile natural environment on the plateau at the same time.

Huatailong was officially established in December 2007 in Tibet by its parent company, China Gold, on such an understanding.

After 40 separate negotiations over six months between Huatailong and other companies in the Jiama area, the company succeeded in acquiring four mining rights, five exploration rights and eight mines in a total area of 144 square kilometers in July 2008.

"I believe that the participation of a State-owned company in the mining industry in Tibet is beneficial and meaningful to the place because the company has the responsibility and financial strength to protect the natural environment at such a high altitude, something that requires huge investment," said Lukhang Yeshe.

After two years of construction, the first phrase of the Jiama project started production in July 2010 and realized revenues of 150 million yuan in the same year.

Over the past three years, the company has spent 252 million yuan in total on prospecting for minerals, discovering proven copper reserves in the area of 6.2 million tons from proven reserves in 2007 of 930,000 tons. Meanwhile, the company discovered 650,000 tons of molybdenum reserves, 140 tons of gold reserves, 8,624 tons of silver reserves and 560,000 tons of lead and zinc reserves.

At present, 40 drilling machines are being used to explore for more resources. Industry experts believe the overall mining resources in Jiama will together be equal to more than 20 million tons of copper in terms of value.

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
阿鲁科尔沁旗| 巨鹿县| 民丰县| 册亨县| 深水埗区| 晋江市| 昌平区| 蚌埠市| 营口市| 清徐县| 武平县| 湘乡市| 巫溪县| 勃利县| 旬邑县| 南昌县| 铁力市| 荔波县| 本溪市| 温泉县| 乳山市| 凤山市| 永安市| 介休市| 甘德县| 萝北县| 余江县| 丰宁| 哈密市| 仙居县| 富锦市| 广东省| 安康市| 新化县| 固镇县| 岱山县| 南陵县| 西盟| 巴林左旗| 许昌市| 始兴县|