Lithium and cobalt are the core materials of power battery, graphite is the preparation of graphene materials, zirconium is raw material for nuclear power equipment. In 2009, Chinese China comprehensively promote strategic emerging industries. With the industry gradually emerging industrialization, the upstream raw materials demand will increase, and promote the national introduction of strategic planning of new minerals.

“Planning”, to establish strategic mineral resources monitoring and early warning mechanisms, namely the establishment of early warning indicators, safety critical value and comprehensive evaluation model, analysis of domestic and foreign mineral products supply and demand situation of resources and development system, strengthen the ability of early warning of major international conflicts with resource security.

“Planning” also said that the mineral of strategic emerging industries, support resources supply, strengthen the high-end application.

Therefore, the “planning” added pre planning for strategic emerging industry mineral. The main goal of “planning”, the new reserves were found in the new lithium, graphite ore exploration on 2020 the varieties, two varieties of the number of target planning.

“Planning” is to implement the national resources safety strategy, strengthen and improve the important means of macro management of mineral resources, is an important basis for the approval of the law and the supervision and management of geological exploration, development and utilization of mineral resources and protection activities.