Magnesium Mining in China

Magnesium: The storage of magnesium ore is on the top in the world. Magnesite is the main material for extract magnesium ore. Two thirds of magnesite storage of the world is in China, one half of output is provided by China.

China plays a very important role in the international market of magnesite. There are 27 magnesite mining areas that have been exploited, recoverable deposits of magnesite is 0.3001 billion tons and distributes in 9 provinces (regions), the storage of magnesite in Liaoning Province is the richest and accounts for 85.6% of the whole country; Shandong, Xizang, Xinjiang and Gansu take the second place.

The ten largest mining areas have 94% storage among more than twenty mining deposits. Producing capacity of light-burned magnesia of the world is about 2 million, and output of China accounts for about 50% of the total output of the world.