Global antimony ingot resources are relatively concentrated
Global Antimony Ingots Resource distribution is relatively concentrated
Antimony ingot resources are concentrated. World antimony resources are mainly concentrated in China, Russia, and Bolivia. These three countries account for nearly 80% of the world's total antimony reserves. According to data from the United States Geological Survey in 2018, China is the country with the most abundant antimony reserves in the world, with a total of 480,000 tons of antimony metal reserves, accounting for 32% of the global total supply. Russia is the world's second-largest antimony resource country, with 350,000 tons of antimony metal (23% of the world's total), mainly distributed in the Yakutsk region (Saryakh and Sentachan are Russia's larger antimony mines, totaling approximately 150,000 tons of antimony metal @25%). Bolivia is the world's third-largest antimony resource country, with 310,000 tons of antimony metal resources (21% of the world's total), mainly distributed in the western metallogenic belt such as La Paz-Potosi. The Chircobigga deposit (stibnite) is the main antimony deposit.
China is the world's Antimony Ingots country with relatively abundant reserves, accounting for 32% of the world's total reserves. Currently, there are 54 well-known large antimony mines in the world, of which 15 are in China. China's antimony resources are distributed in 18 provinces and regions, mainly concentrated in Hunan (20.4%), Guangxi (15.9%), Tibet (13.5%), Guizhou (10.5%), Yunnan (8.8%) and Gansu (8.4%). Among them, Hunan's antimony mine resources rank first in the country, with about 37 antimony mines already explored, but the main mining areas are located in Lengshuijiang City, where there is the world's largest antimony mine - Xikushan antimony mine (Hunan Shexian antimony mine industrial sole proprietorship mine, discovered in 1541, mined in 1897, using underground mining). Guangxi's antimony ingot reserves rank second in the country, represented by the Guangxi Gaofeng polymetallic mine (Gaofeng Mining Company's lead-zinc-antimony-indium polymetallic mine, developed by vertical and inclined shafts). Tibet's antimony resources are also very rich, mainly distributed in the Shuanghu-Anduo area in northern Tibet and the Dingri-Longzi area in southern Tibet. Representative antimony ingot mines in northern Tibet are the Meiduo antimony mine and the Zan Na antimony mine, among which the Meiduo antimony mine is the largest antimony mine in northern Tibet. In southern Tibet, there are Abu Nab, Lulu, Mazala and Zhashi Kang, etc. Antimony Ingots mines, among which Zhashi Kang (antimony polymetallic mine) is the largest Antimony Ingots mine in southern Tibet, and is currently a representative of normally producing polymetallic antimony mines.
Although China is still the world's Antimony Ingots country with larger mineral reserves, excessive mining has reduced China's Antimony Ingots resource security. According to Antaike's survey data, the national antimony mine reserves account for about 49% of the proven reserves, and the planned reserves account for only about 18% of the proven reserves. Due to over-exploitation, many existing antimony mines in China have been listed as crisis mines. According to the USGS static reserve/production ratio, the mineable life of China's antimony mines is only 4.9 years, lower than the world average (10.95 years), and far lower than Russia (24.31 years) and Bolivia (114.81 years). In addition, compared with the mining life of China's four major strategic resources, antimony is still a relatively scarce variety, and its mining value is far lower than tin (7 years), tungsten (12 years) and rare earth (115 years).
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