China has become the third world largemining industry power since 1993 withthe annual mining volume of 6.9 bil-lion tonnes,the value of primary pro-ducction of all types of minerials ofRMB 241.7 billion yuan based on thepresent price;accounting for 5.85 percent of the gross value of industrialoutput. China has become the third world largemining industry power since 1993 with the annual mining volume of 6.9 bil-lion tonnes, the value of primary pro-duction of all types of minerials of RMB 241.7 billion yuan based on thepresent price; accounting for 5.85 percent of the gross value of industrialoutput.