December 04, 2008

Benxi discovers large iron ore deposits

It is reported that a large iron ore deposit with estimated reserves of over one billion tonnes was discovered at Pingshan District Benxi City in Liaoning Province.

The discovered mineral this time has a layer thickness of 157.37 meters with an average Fe content of 34.68%.

The province is China's heavy industry base and Anben district is China's important iron ore production base, where most super large and large scale iron ore deposits in China are concentrated there.