Global distribution of laterite ore

The world's laterite nickel ore is distributed in tropical countries within 30 degrees north and south of the equator. It is concentrated in the tropical-subtropical regions of the Pacific Rim. Mainly: Cuba, Brazil in the Americas, Indonesia and the Philippines in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Delhi in Oceania. Doña, Papua New Guinea, etc.

70% of China's nickel ore reserves are concentrated in Gansu, followed by Xinjiang, Yunnan, Jilin, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Qinghai and Hubei provinces. The total reserves account for 27% of the country's total nickel resources. China's laterite nickel ore is mainly imported from the Philippines. Because since 1970, Japan and the Philippines began to cooperate in the establishment of high-grade nickel ore joint venture mining company mining nickel-containing more than 2%, transport back to the new Nippon Steel and Sumitomo smelting, lead to high-grade nickel ore in the Philippines been monopolized by Japanese companies However, China can only import low-grade nickel ore with a nickel content of 0.9% to 1.1%.

China's neighboring countries have a nickel ore reserve of 11.25 million tons, which is only distributed in a few countries. These include Russia (6.6 million tons), Indonesia (3.2 million tons), the Philippines (410,000 tons), Myanmar (920,000 tons) and Vietnam (120,000 tons).