南美洲铜矿资源概况与勘查开发现状

Overview of the copper resources and actuality of exploration in South America

南美洲铜矿资源丰富,其铜储量、产量和出口量均位于全球前列。近15年来,南美洲铜勘查投入也稳居全球首位,其经历了两次投资高峰,而近3年来,铜勘查投入逐年减少。由于全球矿业形势低迷,南美铜矿勘查投入可能会进一步缩水,但未来数年南美洲铜矿勘查投入占世界比例可能呈现逐年增加趋势。

South America is rich in copper resources,with the copper reserves,production and export volume in the forefront of the world.The copper exploration investment of South America,which had experienced two investment peak,ranked the first in the world in the past 15 years.However,in the past 3years,the copper exploration investment decreased year by year.Due to the the global mining situation,the investment maybe shrink,but the proportion of the exploration investment may show a trend of increasing in the worldin the next few years.