According to the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Land and Resources is working together with relevant ministries such as the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and the Ministry of Commerce to carry out the preparation of the 13th Five Year Plan for mineral resources. According to the concept of "stabilizing oil, promoting gas, controlling coal, and increasing uranium", the Ministry of Land and Resources will accelerate the exploration and development of clean and efficient energy minerals during the 13th Five Year Plan period. The Ministry of Land and Resources will also make requirements for the types of metal minerals encouraged and controlled for development during the 13th Five Year Plan period.

Promote clean and efficient energy mineral development

To comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society, development is the top priority, and it is necessary to maintain medium to high economic growth. The total demand for resources is running at a high level, and it is important to see the supporting role of the economy in the development of mining industry. "A relevant person from the Ministry of Land and Resources pointed out.

The person introduced that the "13th Five Year Plan" for mineral resources will clarify five major principles: firstly, adhere to the domestic foundation and maintain the bottom line of resource security; Secondly, adhere to green development and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of mining industry; The third is to adhere to reform and innovation, and enhance the driving force of development vitality; Fourth, adhere to mutual benefit and win-win situation, and deepen international mining cooperation; The fifth is to adhere to the principle of benefiting the people with resources and sharing the achievements of mining development.

According to the current planning content, during the 13th Five Year Plan period, we will accelerate the exploration and development of clean and efficient energy minerals in accordance with the concept of "stabilizing oil, promoting gas, controlling coal, and increasing uranium". Through the adjustment of resource development and utilization structure, we will promote the adjustment of energy structure and the transformation of production and consumption methods. Oil, natural gas, uranium, shale gas, and oil shale have become encouraged directions, while the scale of coal resource development and utilization will continue to be controlled.

Strengthen strategic mineral exploration and development

The development of mineral resources has strategic significance. During the 13th Five Year Plan period, China will reshape the strategic pattern of mineral resource development and protection.

The person introduced that during the 13th Five Year Plan period, a strategic mineral catalog will be established, and strategic mineral exploration and development will be strengthened. Key support will be given in resource allocation, capital investment, mining land, and major projects. Accelerate the construction of mineral resource exploration and development bases, promote large-scale development, and promote the formation of core areas to ensure the safe supply of national resources. Encourage large-scale operations, promote mergers and acquisitions, promote mining concentration and base development, and form large enterprise groups.

There are over 50 types of minerals that play a significant role in supporting emerging industries such as new energy, new materials, intelligent manufacturing, energy conservation and environmental protection, biotechnology, and information technology. The plan will focus on strengthening the rational development and effective protection of key minerals with good domestic resource base, large market potential, and international market competitiveness, extending the industrial chain, promoting the development of China's strategic emerging industries, and enhancing the international competitiveness of high-end industries, During the 13th Five Year Plan period, we will orderly develop rare earth resources, ensure the supply of rare and scattered metal resources, encourage the development and utilization of energy metal minerals such as lithium, and strengthen the protection of high-quality graphite resources.

In terms of metal minerals, during the 13th Five Year Plan period, the domestic iron ore supply capacity will be stabilized, fair tax burden will be promoted, land and mining rights acquisition costs will be reduced, the burden on domestic iron ore enterprises will be reduced, and the competitiveness of domestic iron ore enterprises will be improved. In terms of other metal varieties, we will moderately expand the development scale of scarce minerals such as copper, aluminum, and nickel, control the intensity of lead and zinc resource development, protect the development of specific minerals such as tungsten, tin, and antimony, strictly control the development of overcapacity minerals such as molybdenum, and encourage the exploration and development of precious metal mines such as gold and silver.

The Ministry of Land and Resources recently issued a notice on regulating the approval and management of rare earth and tungsten mineral exploration rights and mining rights, which requires that, except for three situations, new applications for rare earth mineral exploration, rare earth and tungsten mineral mining registration (including expanding the mining area scope) continue to be suspended.