The company has accumulated more than10 million tons of proven resources. It mainly operates eight mines and four smelters, among which Xitieshan lead-zinc mine in Qinghai is the largest independent lead-zinc mine in China, Huogeqi copper mine in Inner Mongolia is the sixth largest copper mine in China, Saishitang copper mine in Qinghai is the largest copper mine in Qinghai Province, and Xiacun silver polymetallic mine in Sichuan is famous for its rich silver, lead, zinc and copper. The Yulong copper mine in Tibet, which is under construction, will have great potential to develop into the largest copper mine in China. According to the statistics of Antaike, in 2008, the company was the largest producer of lead concentrate, the fourth largest producer of zinc concentrate and the eighth largest producer of copper concentrate in China.
With the aim of "developing the western region and serving the country" and the enterprise spirit of "faith, patience, forge ahead, success" and "loyalty, tolerance, starting a business and serving the country", the company adhered to Scientific Outlook on Development and achieved good economic and social benefits. The company has successively won the National May 1st Labor Award, the National A-level Trusted Enterprise, the pioneer enterprise of China industry, the top ten enterprises of China mining industry, the advanced collective demonstration unit of China industrial economy, the best trusted enterprise of China, the national innovative enterprise, the outstanding contribution award of national skilled personnel training, the top 100 listed companies in China in 2008, and the enterprises in China. In September, 2008, the company ranked first among the "Top Ten Enterprises with National Benefits in Lead-zinc Mining and Dressing Industry" of the National Bureau of Statistics for the fifth consecutive year, and ranked first among the "Top Ten Enterprises with National Benefits in Copper Mining and Dressing Industry" for the third consecutive year, and was awarded the title of "Financial Pillar Enterprise in Qinghai Province" by the Qinghai Provincial People's Government for the fifth consecutive year.
The company pays attention to the cultivation of talents and the construction of scientific research team. In 2006, the company was recognized as "National Technology Center, Scientific Research Center and R&D Center" by the Ministry of Science and Technology. While insisting on independent innovation, it also undertook a number of national key scientific and technological projects and built the first national postdoctoral research mobile station in Qinghai Province.
More than 20 years of industry experience and unique geographical conditions have created a strong advantage for western mining to develop mineral resources in western China and even neighboring countries and regions. The company will continue to adhere to the business philosophy of open competition and Scientific Outlook on Development, and strive to build the western mining industry into a large-scale basic metal mining company with outstanding main business, excellent assets, standardized management, leading domestic resource reserves and resource development, and certain international competitiveness, and finally realize the ideal of "mining serving the country".
The annual production capacity of Xitieshan lead-zinc mine under the jurisdiction of the company is 6.5438+500,000 tons of lead-zinc ore and 6.5438+600,000 tons of lead-zinc metal. Qinghai Ganhe Industrial Zone is developed on the basis of Western Mining Company, and it is one of the four parks in Qinghai Province. The park has initially formed three industrial systems with metallurgy, chemical industry and building materials as the pillars, and has supporting auxiliary production facilities and infrastructure.
The company's informatization construction has advanced by leaps and bounds. The western mining office automation and logistics information management system has been developed and constructed, and the multi-functional multimedia video conference system has also been built and put into use in the company headquarters and other branches. The company's talent training and talent introduction work is progressing smoothly. Set up a postdoctoral research center to carry out extensive technical cooperation and exchanges with famous domestic universities and research institutes in the form of "school-enterprise cooperation" and "school-enterprise alliance" to promote the company's scientific and technological progress. It has attracted a group of highly educated people such as doctors and masters, and hired a number of engineering academicians and senior professors as independent directors and special consultants of the company.
Based on resource development, aiming at profit maximization, guided by market demand, driven by technological progress, and taking the development of national economy as its own responsibility, the company strives to build Western Mining Co., Ltd. into a large-scale mining group company with resources and technology.