According to the evaluation results of “2014 China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Award” published on multiple media of China Nonferrous Metals News etc. by China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association and China Nonferrous Metals Society, as the first completed unit, the holding group of China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) has won 17 awards in total for its scientific and technological achievements, including 6 first prizes, 5 second prizes, and 6 third prizes, ranking top 1 of the whole industry. The company’s subsidiaries of NFC Africa Mining Plc and CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Plc have respectively won one first prize.
The company pays high attention to scientific and technological innovation, and constantly strengths the stimulation, cultivation, and conversion to scientific and technological achievements, which has effectively improved the level of scientific and technological achievements of subsidiaries. The achievements on “Geological Prospecting Exploration and Application of Zambia Chambishi Copper Mines” cooperated and completed by the holding group and NFC Africa Mining Plc have systematically summarized the metallogenic theory of sedimentary pattern copper mines in Central Africa, providing the guarantee for company’s mining development strategies; the results of “Research on Mining Technology of Difficult-to-mine Complex Orebody of Baluba Copper Mines” mainly completed by CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Plc have developed the multiple complex mining methods, effectively reducing the copper costs per ton and creating the direct economic benefits of more than USD 8 million.
China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Award is jointly established by China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association and China Nonferrous Metals Society, which is the only science and technology award approved by National Office for Science & Technology Awards in nonferrous industry. It is also the highest science and technology award in the whole industry, aiming at rewarding the units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions in scientific and technological progress in nonferrous industry.
