This paper gives a definition of resources industries and enterprises, and an introduction to the meaning, features and significance of human resources consolidation, summarizes the issues in human resources consolidation during resources company’s transnational acquisition, based on a successful case that China MinMetals’s acquired Australian OZ Mining Ltd., and presents four measures to be focused during resources company’s transnational acquisition, human resources stabilization, effective communication, cultural consolidation and human resources training and encouragement.

This paper classifies mines with mining rights into constructing mine, producing mine and residual mine. Mining right assessment on constructing mines is focused on recoverable reserve and investment validation, and that on producing mines is on remaining recoverable reserve and depreciation validation on gallery and ground construction, and that on residual mines is on reserve balance, remaining recoverable reserve, new resource estimation, and depreciation on gallery and ground construction. The residual mines deserve investment, including those ore remained which are difficult in mining and processing, of potential in finding new resources located in favorable mineralization zones. The overseas investment bears risks in exchange ratio, reserve, security and costs, which need serious evaluation before investing.

The mining industry is currently facing a very challenging situation during the financial crisis and cycle. This paper, based on the international mining tax, gives a detailed introduction to the rules and principles of international mining tax, classifies the mining tax into three categories (resources lease, normal taxpayer and property using), expands the relationship between resources lease theory and mining tax system, and between resource price and mining tax, and explains the front tax and back tax. During the mining cycle, it is of significance to study the international mining taxation for China’s mining tax system. This paper presents some points to review China’s mining tax, aiming to make a favorable mining policy.

When investing in Hungary mining, investors are required to use the local currency Forint as the settlement tool, which, however, is unstable in remain the values, leading to big risk for China’s enterprise when investing in Hungary mining. This paper, based on the exchange ratio risks, applies the basic factor to analyze the exchange ratio risks of Forint, implies a big risk in a future time. Combined with a case of project investment, this paper presents some approaches to the exchange ratio risks of Forint, aiming at provide some reference for China’s investors when mining in Hungary.

This paper gives a brief instruction to general development trend of import & export of China’s mineral products since 2000, analyzes the quantity and trend change of import and export in energy, steel, and non-ferrous metals. Since joined WTO, China has increased the trade deficit in importing mineral products, and has been a reasonable trade structure. China’s imported mineral products in shortage lead to a big influence over global mineral product markets, and China’s exported mineral products have diversified trade partners. This paper presents some suggestions for China’s mineral import & explort trade.

Mining enterprises are responsible for meliorating the mine environment, but how to improve the investment quality and profit is a crucial point. This paper discusses the problems in investment decision of mining enterprises in meliorating environment, based on a case study, presents some suggestions using the real option rather than the NPV, attempting to provide some reference for China’s mining enterprises to make investment decision in meliorating environment.

Since the mining industries have been turned into enterprises in 2005, the key points are to become stronger and bigger for mining companies. This paper, based on the foreign exploration markets and domestic operation system reform, presents some edification for mining industries in Inner Mongolia to develop during reform by means of industrialization, capitalization and global operation. At the same time, when making the development planning, the mining industries shall take into account not only the economic development layout in Inner Mongolia, but also the national macroscopic industrial structures, which can make the mining industries the leading enterprises in China.

As globalization in resources industry goes faster, China’s mining enterprises have to make strategies so as to adapt themselves for globalization without exception. How to avoid all risks becomes a challenging problem for China enterprises when going overseas. This paper analyzes the risks for China’s mining enterprises during globalization and their issues in risks management, expands the core theory of full risk management, and presents some suggestions in full risk management.

Mining rights and exploration rights are acquired by payment in China, so the mineral properties assessment are becoming more important in financing, transfer, merger and acquisition of mining properties. This paper summarizes four principles and five types of mining properties, and discusses the status, concludes that, besides the resources potential and reserves, mining properties shall include natural geography, infrastructure, safety, environment, mining technology, tax, etc. A method has been presented in this paper to quantitatively assess mineral resources and mining properties. This paper is a summary of mining properties assessment experience and can provide a reference in managing and assessing mining properties.

As China moves towards the heavy industrialization, a huge demand of iron ores has been triggered in domestic markets. So far China’s iron ore import depends heavily upon three countries, and the global iron ore export markets have been monopolized, leading to a loss in negotiation rights in international iron ore markets. China is always in a passive status in iron ore trade which jeopardizes domestic economy. This paper analyzes the causes of price rise in importing iron ores and of losing rights to be rater, and presents approaches to the unfavorable situations.