The Dexing Copper Mine is located in Dexing City, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, at the foot of Peacock Mountain in the Huaiyu Mountains. It has the title of "Copper Capital of China" and is the largest open-pit copper mine in Asia. It is also the first largest copper mine in China and the second largest copper mine in Asia. Dexing Copper Mine has rich and reliable resources, ranking first in the country in copper metal reserves. The mineral reserves are characterized by large and concentrated reserves, shallow burial, small stripping ratio, good ore selectivity, and many comprehensive utilization elements.
It has been mined in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and copper was smelted by wet method (see gall copper method). General survey and exploration began in 1956, and two large porphyry copper deposits were discovered, accompanied by molybdenum, sulfur, gold, silver and other elements. Dexing Copper Mine was established in May 1958. In 1965, the Beishan Mine was built for underground mining; in 1971, the Nanshan Mine was built for open-pit mining. At the same time, it has internationally advanced equipment such as a 154-ton electric wheel, a 16.8 cubic meter electric shovel, a 45R cone drilling rig, a Φ5.5×8.5M ball mill, a "Mintek" geological optimization model, and a global satellite positioning (GPS) truck dispatching system. Mining and selection processes and equipment. After more than 40 years of hard work, it has now formed a production scale with a daily processing capacity of 100,000 tons of ore, reaching production standards. It mainly produces copper concentrate, sulfur concentrate, electrolytic copper, etc. The mine produced more than 120,000 tons of copper in 2003, accounting for about a quarter of the country's copper production. It also produces more than 5 tons of gold and more than 20 tons of silver annually. It is also the largest associated gold and silver mine in China. Dexing Copper Mine has broad development prospects. In 2001, Jiangxi Copper successfully acquired the bankrupt Fujiawu Copper Company in accordance with standardized market principles, thereby extending the service life of Dexing Copper Mine to 50 years. The mine development goal is to build the first nonferrous mine in China and strive to join the ranks of the world's advanced copper mines.
Dexing Copper Mine is now the main mine of Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. Dexing Copper Mine has attracted worldwide attention with its scientific management, advanced technology and majestic, spectacular and huge momentum. Visiting Dexing Copper Mine, you can appreciate the splendid copper culture and feel the long history and modern glorious Chinese civilization