- On the afternoon of January 13th, 2025, Mr. Hao Zhao, the Sales Director, and Ms. Alina Fang, the Antimony Market Analyst, of Asian Metal, visited Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co.,Ltd., where they met the company's General Manager Mr. Xiaofeng Huang, Deputy General Manager Mr. Shang Zou, Director and Deputy Director of Trade Department Ms. Xiaojun Mi and Mr. Xielei Ding, and Sales Supervisor Ms. Linjie Tang. Both parties exchanged views on the current supply-demand dynamics and price trends of antimony products, as well as prospects for the domestic antimony market, raw material supply, and downstream demand amid the current export control policies. Mr. Xiaofeng Huang emphasized antimony’s strategic importance and the full implementation of national policies on the protection of strategic resources. He noted that as antimony product prices gain broader global recognition under new policies, greater attention should be given to the development and application of domestic downstream markets. This, he stated, will usher in a new phase for the antimony industry.
- Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. is the largest subsidiary of Hunan Mineral Resources Group in terms of output value. Founded in 1875, Chenzhou Mining has over 140 years of history in gold mining and is recognized as a "red mine" that has grown alongside the People's Republic of China. The company’s primary mining site is a super-large metal deposit containing gold, antimony, and tungsten. Mining operations utilize both inclined and vertical shafts, with tailings paste backfilling successfully implemented. The beneficiation process incorporates stage grinding and selection, along with gravity and flotation separation technologies. Smelting primarily relies on pyrometallurgy, supplemented by hydrometallurgy, to comprehensively recover gold and antimony. The company’s deep-shaft mining technology ranks among the best in China, while its core separation techniques for gold, antimony, and tungsten beneficiation and smelting are globally leading. Its comprehensive resource utilization is at the forefront of the industry. Chenzhou Mining’s main products include gold, antimony, and tungsten, with an annual production and processing capacity of 100 tons of gold ingots, 25,000 tons of refined antimony, 30,000 tons of antimony oxide, 3,000 tons of ammonium paratungstate, 3,000 tons of antimony glycolate, and 1,000 tons of plastic masterbatches. The company’s "Chenzhou" brand gold ingots, antimony ingots, antimony oxide, and ammonium paratungstate are renowned for their superior quality and enjoy a strong reputation both domestically and internationally.
- Chenzhou Mining has long relied on Asian Metal’s price information as a key benchmark for purchasing and sales decisions. The company highly values Asian Metal’s timely, rigorous, and objective market reports. Additionally, it recognizes the significance of past Antimony Forums and looks forward to actively participating in the 11th Antimony Forum to be held in Xiamen on March 20–21, 2025.
From left: Shang Zou, Hao Zhao, Xiaofeng Huang, Alina Fang, Xiaojun Mi
