After a hundred years of construction of China tungsten mine , resource development and utilization have made great progress. China has made remarkable achievements in the mine geological exploration, mining technology methods, equipments, dust control & ventilation and ground pressure control, etc., which made China tungsten resources development and utilization improve to a new level.

 

The main mining method in China is underground mining, few open pit mining. The represent mine using open pit mining are Fujian Xingluokeng Mining and Fenyi Zhujiang Mining.

Underground mining developing methods are footrill, inclined & vertical shaft development.

The main mining method is shallow hole mining method, sublevel room work method, comprehensive method and sublevel open field method.

Because most of tungsten ore veins are thin or very thin orebody, mining dilution rate is generally high, and more waste (waste rock and tailings) mining. Due to the mining depth increases gradually, ground pressure behavior is more obvious, mining costs are increasing.