Hami proven reserves of the large number of nickel ore in Xinjiang Province

On the 14th from the office of the Administrative Office of the Xinjiang Hami noted that the region has proven reserves of nickel resources Jiushitu million tons of metal, after all Jinchuan Nickel, ranking second in China.

According to reports, has proven nickel ore resource distribution in the six mines, the forecast amount is more than 15.8 million tons of metal.

In the eastern region of Xinjiang Hami,Tuha Basin, many kinds of mineral resources, high-grade, large reserves. Has 76 kinds of minerals have been verified, the main advantage of mineral resources, coal, iron, copper, nickel, gold, etc.. In one of Tulaergen Cu-Ni ore, nickel metal proven over 100,000 tons more than China is a large-scale copper-nickel mine.

As the great western development has been constantly deepened, China's largest provinces and autonomous regions of Xinjiang in recent years by the tremendous energy and mineral resource potential of large enterprises at home and abroad has aroused great concern in large groups, Xinjiang geological prospecting into the 'active' period.

Nickel metal mainly used in the production of stainless steel and other corrosion-resistant alloys.