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Boron minerals are widely used as chemical raw materials and are mainly used in the production of borax boric acid and various boron compounds, as well as elemental boron, and are important raw materials for metallurgy, building materials, machinery, electrics, chemicals, industry, nuclear industry, medicine, agriculture and other departments. Therefore, the development and utilization of boron resources plays an increasingly important role in the development of modern industry. present, the world's boron ore resources are mainly concentrated in the circum-Pacific and Mediterranean tectonic belts, with the main types of deposits being volcanic sedimentary and lake (brine) types, and the mineralization age is mainly in the Paleogene-Neogene and Quaternary. The distribution of boron ore resources in the world uneven, highly concentrated, and mainly distributed in Turkey, Russia, the United States, Chile and China. Other identified resources are distributed in countries such as Peru, Argentina and Bolivia the Andes Mountains of South America. Boron deposits in Turkey are mainly located in Emet, Kirka and Bigadic in the northwest, all of which are volcanicimentary types in the Neogene, and their boron minerals are mainly hard boracite, sodium borax and natural borax, and the ore grade can reach37%-42%, and the low grade can also reach 26%-27% (BO3). The main producing areas of boron ore in the States are Kramer, the Death Valley area and Searles Lake. The deposits in Kramer and Death Valley are similar to those in Turkey, which are volcanic sedimentary types the Paleogene and Neogene, and the main boron minerals are borax and borax, followed by sodium borax and hard boracite, and ore grade is 25%. The boron mine in Searles Lake is a Quaternary salt lake type, similar to the salt lake boron mine in theinghai-Tibet Plateau of China, and the B2O3 grade of brine is 1% ~ 1.2%. The boron mines South America are mainly distributed in the Andes Plateau, dominated by dry salt lake type deposits, with an average grade of about 20% (B2O3) In recent years, the overall trend of the change in the supply and demand of boron ore in China has been declining first and then rising, and the trend has been intensified in the past three years. In 2022, the production of boron ore industry in China, converted into boric oxide, was about 30,000 tons, and the demand was about 299,700 tons. Boric acid is the main form of consumption of boron ore, and than 3/4 of the consumption is used to produce glass, ceramics, fertilizers, of which the consumption of glass accounts for nearly 50%. With rapid rise of China's real estate industry and automobile manufacturing industry, the demand for glass consumption has soared, and the global boron consumption center has gradually shifted from Europe and United States to China. In addition, the development of new energy industry has entered a fast lane, and the major economies in the world have joined the process of achieving carbon neutrality one another. The replacement of traditional fuel cars by new energy vehicles and the extensive coverage of photovoltaic panels will become the future trend. As a major producer of photovtaic and new energy vehicles, China will lay the foundation for boron consumption to enter a new growth period. With the strengthening of the comprehensive recovery of salt lake boron resources the continuous optimization of boron ore exploration work in the future, and the expansion of the glass industry, the electronics industry and the development and application fields of new boron products as well as the increase in the demand for agricultural boron fertilizers, the production and sales of the boron ore industry are expected to continue to grow
Boron minerals are widely used as chemical raw materials and are mainly used in the production of borax boric acid and various boron compounds, as well as elemental boron, and are important raw materials for metallurgy, building materials, machinery, electrics, chemicals, industry, nuclear industry, medicine, agriculture and other departments. Therefore, the development and utilization of boron resources plays an increasingly important role in the development of modern industry. present, the world's boron ore resources are mainly concentrated in the circum-Pacific and Mediterranean tectonic belts, with the main types of deposits being volcanic sedimentary and lake (brine) types, and the mineralization age is mainly in the Paleogene-Neogene and Quaternary. The distribution of boron ore resources in the world uneven, highly concentrated, and mainly distributed in Turkey, Russia, the United States, Chile and China. Other identified resources are distributed in countries such as Peru, Argentina and Bolivia the Andes Mountains of South America. Boron deposits in Turkey are mainly located in Emet, Kirka and Bigadic in the northwest, all of which are volcanicimentary types in the Neogene, and their boron minerals are mainly hard boracite, sodium borax and natural borax, and the ore grade can reach37%-42%, and the low grade can also reach 26%-27% (BO3). The main producing areas of boron ore in the States are Kramer, the Death Valley area and Searles Lake. The deposits in Kramer and Death Valley are similar to those in Turkey, which are volcanic sedimentary types the Paleogene and Neogene, and the main boron minerals are borax and borax, followed by sodium borax and hard boracite, and ore grade is 25%. The boron mine in Searles Lake is a Quaternary salt lake type, similar to the salt lake boron mine in theinghai-Tibet Plateau of China, and the B2O3 grade of brine is 1% ~ 1.2%. The boron mines South America are mainly distributed in the Andes Plateau, dominated by dry salt lake type deposits, with an average grade of about 20% (B2O3) In recent years, the overall trend of the change in the supply and demand of boron ore in China has been declining first and then rising, and the trend has been intensified in the past three years. In 2022, the production of boron ore industry in China, converted into boric oxide, was about 30,000 tons, and the demand was about 299,700 tons. Boric acid is the main form of consumption of boron ore, and than 3/4 of the consumption is used to produce glass, ceramics, fertilizers, of which the consumption of glass accounts for nearly 50%. With rapid rise of China's real estate industry and automobile manufacturing industry, the demand for glass consumption has soared, and the global boron consumption center has gradually shifted from Europe and United States to China. In addition, the development of new energy industry has entered a fast lane, and the major economies in the world have joined the process of achieving carbon neutrality one another. The replacement of traditional fuel cars by new energy vehicles and the extensive coverage of photovoltaic panels will become the future trend. As a major producer of photovtaic and new energy vehicles, China will lay the foundation for boron consumption to enter a new growth period. With the strengthening of the comprehensive recovery of salt lake boron resources the continuous optimization of boron ore exploration work in the future, and the expansion of the glass industry, the electronics industry and the development and application fields of new boron products as well as the increase in the demand for agricultural boron fertilizers, the production and sales of the boron ore industry are expected to continue to grow
