Zijin Mining
About
Zijin Mining is a Chinese mining group that explores for and mines copper, gold, zinc, lithium, silver and molybdenum, with its own mining research and engineering.
It moved into lithium in 2021 and holds the 3Q salar in Argentina, the Lakkor Tso salar in Tibet and the Xiangyuan hard rock lithium mine in Hunan, and it leads development of the northeastern part of the Manono project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It aims for 270,000 to 320,000 tonnes a year of lithium carbonate equivalent by 2028. Its other operations span the DRC, Ghana, Suriname, Kyrgyzstan and several Chinese provinces.
The 2025 Battery Report lists Zijin among large-cap lithium miners and chemical producers.
From the Battery Report
Battery Report 2025 · chapterSupply Chain: Upstream and MidstreamVolta Foundation's annual report on this part of the battery industry.Supply Chain Segments
Location Info
- HQ
- Shanghang, Fujian, China
Sources
Where the details on this profile come from.
Headquarters: Shanghang, Fujian
- zijinmining.com · Company site · checked Oct 2026“Headquarters: Zijin Tower, Zijin Road, Shanghang, Longyan, Fujian Province, China”
What they do: Mining & Raw Materials
- Battery Report 2025, p.22 (Industry Value Chain, large-cap companies: Lithium Mining / Lithium Chemical) · Battery Report · checked Oct 2026
Quick Facts
- Last Updated
- Oct 16, 2026
