The Main Problems of China Tungsten Industry Development (1)

China has abundant tungsten ore resources. After experienced early period unauthorized mining China government has employed a series of policy to promote tungsten industry development so that China tungsten industry has entered a phase of steady development. At the present, due to deteriorating global economic situation, China and international tungsten industry situation is not optimistic. To understanding the main problem which has occurred during China tungsten industry development process is very important for tungsten industry development.
1. Intensive mining, tungsten ore reserve-production ratio imbalance
Tungsten is an important strategic resource. However, China tungsten total reserve amount ratio accounts for less than 50% of global tungsten total reserve amount, but China has provided 80% global tungsten consumption. What’s more, China reserve-production ratio is less than one fourth with oversea reserve-production. According to the data China tungsten resource has small range increase, but the basic reserve has obviously declined. The tungsten resources superiority of China has been reduce and resource security situation is not optimistic.
2. Lacking independent innovation ability, low technology, content and low added value of products
Comparing with global tungsten industry, China tungsten industry is in the mid-range of global tungsten industry chain. There are great gap between China tungsten industry and advanced international tungsten industry. For example, digital, automation and intelligentize production process, enterprise management informatization, product specialization, scientific and technical innovation integration, market and talents globalization is low-level. Besides, taking company as main part, the scientific and technical innovation mechanism which combines with production, research, study and application is not quite complete. What’s more, research and development spending is less and also lack of high-end technical personnel so R&D ability is weak. What’s more, tungsten industry advanced technology of deep-processing and key areas have little major breakthroughs and originality alloying technique outcome also low. The products of tungsten are mainly mid-low-end which can’t meet China domestic high-end manufacturing’s requirements, so high quality, high precise and high-grade cemented carbide digital cuttings and other high technological content, high added valued tungsten products need to import from oversea.   

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