据新华社周六报道，在对矿床进行全国性重新评估后，中国包括金、镍和铼在内的战略资源储量大幅增加。
China’s reserves of strategic resources including gold, nickel and rhenium increased sharply following a nationwide reassessment of deposits, Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.
新华社援引自然资源部发布的数据称，保有铼资源量增长超过200%，而金和镍的新增储量分别相当于50处和30处大型矿床。
Retained rhenium resources rose by more than 200%, while the additions to gold and nickel reserves were equivalent to 50 and 30 large deposits respectively, Xinhua said, citing data released by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
据报道，在对共伴生、低品位和难利用矿床进行重新评估后，镓、铟、钽和钒的新增量均相当于10处以上大型矿床。
Gallium, indium, tantalum and vanadium all increased by the equivalent of more than 10 large deposits following the reevaluation of associated, low-grade and difficult-to-utilize deposits, according to the report.
这项历时一年的项目聚焦17种战略矿产，覆盖1800多座生产矿山及大中型矿区，涉及27个省、自治区和直辖市的100多家机构和近2000名调查人员。
The yearlong project focused on 17 strategic minerals across more than 1,800 operating mines and large and medium-sized mining areas. It involved more than 100 institutions and almost 2,000 survey personnel across 27 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
新华社称，中国还在新疆拜城发现了国内首个古河流-湖泊相锆石砂矿，这可能大幅增加国内锆石供应。中国长期严重依赖进口锆石，锆石是锆的来源，用于核反应堆燃料棒包壳和高温航空航天合金。铼也用于喷气发动机部件的高温超合金。
China has also discovered the country’s first paleofluvial-lacustrine zircon placer deposit in Baicheng, Xinjiang, which could significantly increase domestic zircon supply, Xinhua said. The country has long been heavily reliant on imported zircon, the source of zirconium used in nuclear-reactor fuel-rod cladding and high-temperature aerospace alloys. Rhenium is also used in high-temperature superalloys for jet-engine components.