Global and China Green Mining Market Trend Analysis and Strategic Outlook Report (2025)
The green mining industry will reach a historic turning point in 2025. Driven by the ESG investment wave, the global mining market will see a 38% increase in investment in green transformation compared to 2024. Under mandatory policy constraints, China has achieved a green mining rate of over 65% for key minerals. Technological innovation is no longer the core driving force; the dual pressures of industrial policies and carbon tariffs are forcing companies to restructure the entire mining, beneficiation, and smelting process. The internalization of environmental remediation costs has led to a significant divergence in industry profit margins.
The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism will fully cover mineral products from 2025, directly stimulating mining companies in the Asia-Pacific region to accelerate the deployment of zero-carbon solutions. China’s “Three-Year Action Plan for Green Mine Construction” clearly requires all operating mines to complete green transformation by 2027, creating a 120 billion yuan technology service market during this policy window. A “green premium” has emerged in strategic resource sectors such as lithium and rare earths, with concentrate products meeting international standards priced 15-22% higher than traditional products.
Market demand is showing a polarized trend. In developed countries, buyers are using supply chain carbon footprint as a mandatory bidding threshold, leading to a 300% surge in demand from Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturers for green certification of battery-grade lithium carbonate. In contrast, emerging production regions in Southeast Asia and Africa are still in the early stages of compliance reform, forming a tiered development pattern. The number of third-party green certification bodies has expanded fivefold in the past 18 months, but inconsistent standards have resulted in frequent disputes over “greenwashing.”
