Aluminum is an indispensable and important basic raw material for the construction of the national economy and the development of strategic emerging industries. It has been widely used not only in national economic fields such as building structures, transportation, power electronics, and daily packaging, but also in the national defense and high-tech industries. It is an important supporting material and also plays an important role in the process of developing circular economy, promoting energy conservation and emission reduction, and protecting the ecological environment.
In recent years, China's bauxite resources have been based on both domestic and foreign markets, expanding from domestic mining to global resource allocation. Insufficient domestic bauxite resource security capabilities have resulted in import dependence exceeding 50%, which will further increase in the future. With the rapid development of the aluminum industry and the rapid consumption of resources, China is facing an increasingly prominent problem of aluminum resource security.