1. China’s Natural Resources Armaan Bhatti and Ahmed Gokal

3. Zinc One of the worlds largest producer of zinc Found in the south east of China China produces an estimated 2.6 million metric tons of zinc contents per year, which is three times as much as the U.S. Zinc remnants from plating plants often gets discharged into China's water supply. Additionally, China does not enforce environmental laws as strictly as the United States.

4. Tungsten Largest deposit of tungsten found in the Jiangxi province (south east of China) Deposit valued at $US47.1 billion China's tungsten demand is soaring and any sign it can be self-sufficient and not rely on foreign miners in the longer term will be welcomed It has been estimated Chinese industrial consumption of the metal will rise from just under 30,000 tonnes a year in 2010 to more than 70,000 tonnes by 2020.

5. Natural Graphite Worlds largest produced, accounts for 75% of world production Also largest consumer of natural graphite

6. Antimony Worlds largest producer (around 90%) of Antimony In 2011 reached an all time high of $13,000 a tonne after China continued a clampdown on illegal and polluting mining. The length of the clampdown has surprised the industry, which was expecting a relaxation in 2011, leaving western users scrambling to secure supplies of a metal, the production of which China monopolises. In Lengshuijiang, a remote area of the mountainous Hunan province known as the world’s antimony capital because it produces around 60 per cent of global supplies

7. Other minerals Other major minerals are aluminum, bauxite, coal, crude petroleum, diamonds, gold, iron ore, lead, magnetite, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, natural gas, phosphate rock, tin, uranium, and vanadium.