The mining economic development in Yunnan province where bounds in mineral resources contributes quite a lot to Yunnan’s economy or even to China’s. This paper analyzes the current status of mining economic development in Yunnan province and summarizes the advantages and disadvantages. Based on a recycling mining economic theory, this paper suggests optimizing mining industrial structures, enhancing mining industrial concentration, boosting study and application of high mining technologies, increasing mining investment and coordinating mining economic development and protecting environment.