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Multiple high-purity quartz mines discovered in Henan, Xinjiang, and other regions

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On April 10, the Ministry of Natural Resources issued an announcement that, with the approval of the State Council, high-purity quartz has become China's 174th new mineral species. High-purity quartz is indispensable to high-tech industries such as semiconductors and photovoltaics. The global distribution of high-purity quartz resources is uneven, and China is highly reliant on imports. The discovery of multiple high-purity quartz mines in Henan, Xinjiang, and other places, and the establishment of a new mineral species, is of great importance to promoting the localization of resources in the high-purity quartz-related industry and ensuring the security of China's high-tech industrial chain and supply chain.

Hami to become Xinjiang's largest copper metal production base

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On April 9, the Yan Dong Copper Mine project of Hami Dingxin Copper Industry officially started construction. It is expected to produce 50,000 tons of copper metal annually and will become the largest copper metal production base in Xinjiang. Hami Dingxin Copper Industry holds the mining rights to the Tuwu Copper Mine and the Yan Dong Copper Mine, with total copper metal reserves exceeding 2.5 million tons, accounting for 3.1% of the proven copper resources in the country. The Yan Dong Copper Mine project adopts advanced domestic mining and beneficiation technologies and is committed to building a digital and green mine. The Hami Municipal Government provides continuous support in the project's advancement, helping to promote the large-scale and intensive development of the copper industry, optimize the industrial structure, and promote the growth of the industrial economy. Hami Dingxin Copper Industry plans to achieve the coordinated development of the Tuwu and Yan Dong copper mines, with an annual output of 50,000 tons of copper metal. Its long-term goal is to be based in Xinjiang, radiate to Central Asia, and look to the world to expand and strengthen the copper industry. The Hami East Tianshan non-ferrous metal metallogenic belt has 47 proven ore deposits, with metal resources of 3.73 million tons, accounting for 37% of the total resources in Xinjiang. Hami City plans to deepen the development of non-ferrous metal mining and processing industries during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.

The first in China's domestic coal infrastructure field

"BIM+Beidou" construction project successfully implemented

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Recently, the "air-space-ground Beidou positioning technology" developed by the State Energy Group Digital Technology Company has been successfully deployed in the Xin Jie Energy Smart Infrastructure Management System. This technological application has completed the first implementation of the integration of "BIM+Beidou" technology in the domestic coal infrastructure field, marking a key step for China's coal industry in its digital transformation process.

This innovative application fundamentally changes the traditional coal infrastructure management model that relies on manual inspection and experience-based judgment, establishing a digital service system covering the entire life cycle from exploration and design, construction, to operation and maintenance.

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Accelerated growth in renewable energy demand

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The latest report released by the International Energy Agency shows that global energy demand in 2024 increased by 2.2% year-on-year (exceeding the average of 1.3% over the past decade), with the power sector being the core driver: driven by extreme high temperatures, industrial expansion, and the development of the AI industry, global electricity consumption surged by 4.3% (reaching an increase of 1100 terawatt-hours), renewable energy became the mainstay with a record-breaking 700 gigawatts of new installed capacity (accounting for 80% of the increase in power generation), pushing the share of clean energy power generation to exceed 40% for the first time. Among fossil fuels, natural gas demand increased by 2.7% (an increase of 1150 billion cubic meters), but oil demand growth slowed to 0.8% (its share fell below 30%), and coal growth was only 1%, mainly due to the 25% surge in electric vehicle sales causing a structural shift. Despite the overall growth in energy demand, the popularization of clean technologies resulted in a mere 0.8% increase in carbon emissions in 2024 to 37.8 billion tons, with a cumulative reduction of 2.6 billion tons since 2019 (accounting for 7% of the total), marking a deepening energy revolution where economic growth and carbon emissions are continuously decoupled.

Kazakhstan claims discovery of rare earth metal deposit exceeding 20 million tons

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The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan issued a statement saying that Kazakh geologists have discovered a large rare earth metal deposit 300 meters underground in the Karaganda region, with reserves of 1 million tons and an estimated total resource of over 20 million tons.