摘要
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Tungsten,a new peer-reviewed academic journal of its kind.The publication of the journal has a far-reaching significance to both the non-ferrous metals industry of the world and Jiangxi University of Science and Technology(JXUST),one of the organizers of the journal.China,the world’s largest tungsten ore resources owner and producer,plays an important role in tungsten industry all over the world.JXUST,located in Ganzhou which is widely known as“the tungsten capital of the world”due to its abundant tungsten resources,has made a series of aca-demic and technological breakthroughs in the basic theory and application technology of tungsten.Based on impressive achievement,growing interest in the field and district advan-tages,the Nonferrous Metals Society of China(Nfsoc)and JXUST take the initiative in founding the journal to support the original innovation in the tungsten field and serve the high-quality development of tungsten and related industries.