The Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the Catalogue of Mineral Resources!

Recently, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the Catalogue of Mineral Resources. Catalogue of

Mineral Resources I. Energy Minerals

Petroleum, Hydrocarbon Natural Gas (Coalbed Methane, Shale Gas, Natural Gas Hydrate), Oil Shale, Oil Sands, Coal, Stone Coal, Natural Asphalt, Uranium, Thorium, Geothermal

II. Metal Minerals

Iron, Manganese, chromium, vanadium, titanium; copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, magnesium, nickel, cobalt, tungsten, tin, bismuth, molybdenum, antimony, mercury; ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, palladium, platinum, silver, gold; lithium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, strontium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum; lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, yttrium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium; Rhenium, cadmium, gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, selenium, tellurium

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boron, diamond, graphite (crystalline graphite, cryptocrystalline graphite), phosphorus, sulfur (natural sulfur, pyrite), arsenic, iodine, bromine, fluorite (common fluorite, optical fluorite), salt ore (rock salt, lake salt, natural brine), potassium salt, magnesium salt, Crystal (piezoelectric crystal, smelting crystal, optical crystal, craft crystal), agate, high-purity quartz ore, corundum, rutile, brucite, garnet, zircon, kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite, topaz, tourmaline, diopside, tremolite, wollastonite, talc, asbestos, blue asbestos, pyrophyllite, mica (including broken mica), vermiculite, feldspar (albite, Potassium feldspar), zeolite, chlorite, barite, celestite, gypsum (including anhydrite), mirabilite (including glauberite), alunite, calcite (including Iceland spar), magnesite, witherite, trona, saltpeter (sodium saltpeter, potassium saltpeter); Limestone (limestone for calcium carbide, limestone for alkali production, limestone for chemical fertilizer, limestone for flux, limestone for glass, limestone for cement, limestone for building stone, limestone for ash production, limestone for decoration, limestone for desulfurization), marl, chalk, Dolomite (dolomite for metallurgy, dolomite for fertilizer, dolomite for glass, dolomite for construction, dolomite for decoration), sandstone (sandstone for metallurgy, sandstone for glass, sandstone for cement batching, sandstone for brick and tile, sandstone for fertilizer, Sandstone for casting, sandstone for ceramics, sandstone for decoration, sandstone for glass fiber, sandstone for construction), natural quartz sand (sand for glass, sand for casting, sand for construction, sand for cement batching, cement standard sand , sand for bricks and tiles, sand for fracturing), vein quartz (vein quartz for metallurgy, vein quartz for glass), Powder quartz, diatomite, shale (ceramsite shale, shale for brick and tile, shale for cement batch), kaolin, bentonite, opal, attapulgite clay, sepiolite clay, illite clay, rectorite clay, bentonite, refractory clay, other clay (clay for casting, clay for brick and tile, Clay for ceramsite, clay for cement batching, laterite for cement batching, loess for cement batching, mudstone for cement batching, clay for thermal insulation materials), laterite, peat, peridotite (peridotite for fertilizer, peridotite for construction, peridotite for refractory), pyroxenite, gabbro, Diabase ( diabase for cement , diabase for cast stone, diabase for finishing, diabase for construction), basalt (basalt for cast stone, basalt for rock wool, basalt for finishing, basalt for wire drawing, basalt for construction), Diorite ( diorite porphyrite for cement admixture, diorite for construction, diorite for finishing), andesite (andesite for finishing, andesite for construction, andesite porphyrite for cement admixture ), granite (granite for construction, Granite for facing), rhyolite (perlite, obsidian, pitchstone), syenite, trachyte ( trachyte for cement , trachyte for cast stone), nepheline syenite, tuff (tuff for glass, tuff for cement, Architectural tuff, decorative tuff), pumice, pyroclastic (scoria, volcanic ash), gneiss, quartzite (metallurgical quartzite, glass quartzite, fertilizer quartzite, decorative quartzite), amphibolite, marble (decorative marble, architectural marble, Marble for cement, marble for glass, marble for calcium powder), serpentine (serpentine for fertilizer, serpentine for flux, serpentine for facing), sericite, slate (slate for facing, slate for cement batching, slate for construction), Natural oil stone, precious stone, jade, pigment ore (ochre, pigment loess), medical stone, other sand clay for construction (including sea sand), ceramic soil, potassium-bearing rock (including potassium-bearing sand shale)

IV. Water, gas, minerals

, groundwater, natural mineral water, helium, radon, carbon dioxide, Hydrogen Sulfide

Note: The catalog lists mineral resources, minerals and sub-minerals, with the name of the sub-mineral in brackets.