Situation analysis and sustainable development strategy of antimony resources in China

Antimony is an important metal,and is widely used in industrial different fields.In the 21th century,with the rapid development of the heavy and light industry,the demand of antimony resources is increasing dramatically in the world.China is one of the countries owning a large amount of the antimony resources in the world,its antimony reserve and ranks first in the world.Based on the analysis of the reserve,yield,consumption,import and export and the market price of the antimony resources,the main problems of development in antimony resources in China are put forward.For instance,Lack of the strategic reserve system,excessive production,Large proportion of exports,product structure is irrational, less attention to renewable antimony resources.In order to respond to the dilemma,the authors make some suggestions as follow:establishment association of the industry,strengthen the geological exploration, strict control of the production,Strictly control of the exports,focus on the development of the deep processing products,emphasis on the renewable antimony resources.