Inner Mongolia Coal 5 Years Newly Increased 610 Billion Tons of Reserves

At present, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has proven coal reserves of 741.39 billion tons, ranking first in the country. According to news provided by the Department of Land and Resources of the Autonomous Region, preliminary estimates indicate that 610 billion tons of new coal resources have been added in the past five years, and the country’s coal resources have basically been known.

As the largest province of raw coal production in China, Inner Mongolia has become an important energy security base in the country. According to data released by the Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in 2010, Inner Mongolia produced 882 million tons of raw coal.

During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, cumulative investment in geological exploration in Inner Mongolia was 140.38 billion yuan, of which 29.68 billion yuan was invested by non-oil and gas minerals, twice the investment during the “10th Five-Year Plan” period, and 110.7 billion yuan was invested in exploration and development of oil and natural gas, accounting for a one.

Bai Dun, head of the Department of Land and Resources of the Autonomous Region, said that in the past five years, the establishment of a special fund for geological exploration in Inner Mongolia has further reduced the risk of commercial mineral exploration, guided and stimulated geological exploration units, enterprises, and social investment to invest in ore prospecting, and measures to raise funds through multiple channels. It is like a root lever that shakes the funds and shakes the market.

In 2010, the geological exploration in Inner Mongolia invested 33.666 billion yuan, with an exploration area of ​​340,000 square kilometers, and added 30 billion tons of coal reserves, 60.48 million tons of iron ore, 116,000 tons of lead-zinc ore, and 41 new mineral deposits.