Chinalco started the first large-scale underground bauxite mining project in China

With a total investment of several hundred million yuan and an annual bauxite mining capacity of 1.2 million tons, the first large-scale underground bauxite mining project in China with a service life of 14 years -- the first sub-item 1330 drainage roadway of the underground mining project of line 0-24 in maochang mining area of guizhou branch of chinalco, was officially started on May 14 in liwu township, qingzhen city.

At present, the advantages of underground bauxite mining gradually appear. It is in this context, the underground mining maochang mine scale is the first in China. The construction period of this project is 3 years, which is undertaken by yunnan fourteenth metallurgical construction group. The whole tunnel development and mining project is 33.764 km in length, with a total construction volume of 375,000 cubic meters.

Qu xiangdong, general manager of the guizhou branch of chinalco, said at the opening ceremony of the project invested by aluminum corporation of China (chinalco) that it is an important step for chinalco to further occupy the increasingly tight bauxite resources, and it will strongly promote the sustainable development of chinalco enterprises in guizhou and the development and utilization of bauxite resources in guizhou. Yang mingjin, party secretary of qingzhen, said that all efforts should be made to support and cooperate with the construction of the project and promote the timely completion and operation of the project.