In July, 85 sand and gravel mining rights were sold nationwide.

According to incomplete statistics, 85 sand and gravel mining rights were sold nationwide in July, a decrease of 10.5% compared with the previous month, distributed in 18 provinces such as Gansu Province and Xinjiang Autonomous Region, mainly by listing, accounting for 94.7%. According to

the lithology

of the parent rock, the parent rock of the newly transferred sand and gravel mining right in July is mainly sandstone, limestone and granite, accounting for 78.8%. Among them, there are 26 cases of sandstone mining rights transfer, which are concentrated in Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Gansu Province, accounting for 30.6%; there are 22 cases of limestone, which are mainly distributed in Gansu Province, Shanxi Province and the "two lakes" region, accounting for 25.9%; there are 20 cases of granite, which are mainly distributed in the "two lakes" region and the northern provinces such as Gansu Province, Heilongjiang Province and Shandong Province, accounting for 23.5%.

Figure 1

Regional distribution

of the proportion of parent rock lithology of the newly transferred sand and gravel mining rights in July From the regional perspective, the newly transferred sand and gravel mining rights in July are mainly distributed in the western region, accounting for 45.9% of the total transfer, of which the northwest region accounts for 36.5% and the southwest region accounts for 9.4%; Northeast China, Central China, South China and North China account for more than 10%, while East China accounts for relatively less. From the perspective of provinces (municipalities directly under the Central Government): Gansu Province and Xinjiang Autonomous Region rank first and second with 16 and 15 transactions respectively; Heilongjiang Province has 9 transactions, Hunan Province and Shanxi Province have 8 transactions respectively, and Guangxi Province has 7 transactions. The market concentration of sand and gravel mining rights is still high.

Figure 2 Distribution

of the number of newly transferred sand and gravel mining rights in July Figure 3 Distribution of the proportion

of newly transferred sand and gravel mining rights in July

From the perspective of design capacity, the average design capacity of newly transferred sand and gravel mining rights in July is 1.193 million tons. Among them, there are 2 mining rights with annual design capacity of 5 million tons ~ 10 million tons, which are located in Jiangsu Province and Hubei Province respectively; the annual capacity of other mines is below 5 million tons, including 7 mining rights with annual design capacity of 3 million tons ~ 5 million tons, 27 mining rights with annual design capacity of 1 million tons ~ 3 million tons, and 48 mining rights with annual design capacity of less than 1 million tons.

According to the transaction unit price, the average transaction unit price of 85 mining rights is 2.65 yuan per ton, the highest is 22.01 yuan per ton (located in Hainan Province, the mineral is granite for construction), and the lowest is 0.02 yuan per ton (located in Guizhou Province, the mineral is sandstone for construction).

Overall,

in July, the pace of sand and gravel mining rights transfer slowed down, the scale of mining decreased, and the cost of mining did not decrease but increased. Compared with the previous month, the volume of sand and gravel mining rights in July decreased by 10.5%, the average mining scale decreased by 48.6%, the number of large-scale and super-large-scale mining rights with annual capacity of more than 5 million tons decreased significantly, from 9 cases last month to 2 cases, and the proportion decreased from 9.5% to 2.4%. The turnover and unit price increased by 40.2% and 47.2% respectively compared with the previous month. In July, there were two transactions of sand and stone mining rights

in Chongqing, including one transaction of limestone for building stone, with an annual mining scale of 1 million tons, a transaction price of 7.66 yuan/ton, and a transfer of resource reserves of 6.244 million tons; and one transaction of sandstone for cement ingredients, with an annual mining scale of 200,000 tons, a transaction price of 3.21 yuan/ton, and a transfer of resource reserves of 1.681 million tons. Since this year, a total of 12 cases have been sold, and the scale of mining and the amount of resources sold have continued to increase.

At the same time, Guangdong Province was analyzed:

from January to July this year, 23 sand and stone mining rights were traded in Guangdong Province, ranking ninth in the country, with a total turnover of 13176.77 million yuan, ranking first in the country, including 6 mining rights with a transaction price of more than 1 billion yuan. The average transaction price was 4.06 yuan/ton, ranking ninth in the country, with a maximum of 15.28 yuan/ton and a minimum of 0.74 yuan/ton. The average annual mining scale is 7.065 million tons, ranking second in the country. Among them, there are 6 large mines with an annual output of more than 10 million tons, accounting for 54.5% of the total number of large mines in the country. It is worth mentioning that the mining scale of mining rights for gneiss and tuff is usually relatively large, while the mining scale of mining rights for limestone and sandstone is relatively small.