Project Details

Project Requirements Description

Yunnan Phosphate Group Co., Ltd. is the largest modern open-pit phosphate mining and chemical enterprise in China, a national key phosphate chemical enterprise, and a supporting phosphate mining and production base for the national phosphate compound fertilizer base. The phosphate chemical industry chain is relatively complete. China has proposed a carbon peaking and carbon neutrality strategy, which has higher requirements for phosphorus chemical enterprises. The group attaches great importance to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and has decided to do a good job in reducing carbon emissions in open-pit phosphorus mining and selection and the entire phosphorus chemical industry chain. We will carry out multi-level collaborative carbon reduction and sink enhancement technology integration and demonstration in the phosphorus chemical industry chain, and strive to promote the technology integration system and demonstration model experience to China's phosphorus mining and selection and phosphorus chemical industry. This project should address the technical challenges of multi-level collaboration and multi-stage optimization for carbon reduction in the entire industry chain of open-pit phosphate mining and phosphate chemical industry. It should propose a carbon neutrality technology path for open-pit phosphate mining and phosphate chemical industry chain, forming a technology integration system, and possessing the ability to support the creation of a carbon reduction demonstration project for the entire industry chain of phosphate mining and phosphate chemical industry. The specific content includes: firstly, research and development of low-carbon technologies for open-pit mining and ore transportation of phosphate mines. Through technological integration innovation, two demonstration projects are constructed to solve the technical problems of low-carbon open-pit mining and transportation of phosphate mines, achieving a carbon reduction of over 50% in open-pit mining and transportation of phosphate mines; The second is to develop low-carbon technologies in the phosphate ore beneficiation process, solve the problem of high carbon emissions in the phosphate ore beneficiation process through technological innovation and integration, and achieve a carbon reduction of over 70% in phosphate ore beneficiation; The third is to develop low-carbon technologies for phosphorus chemical industry. Through technological innovation and integration, two demonstration projects will be constructed to solve the problem of high carbon emissions in sulfuric acid production, phosphoric acid production, and feed calcium production. The substitution rate of fossil energy in the phosphorus chemical industry will exceed 90%, and the overall carbon reduction in the phosphorus chemical industry will exceed 40%; Fourthly, research and develop carbon reduction technologies for the resource utilization of solid waste from bulk phosphate mines. Through technological innovation, propose technical solutions for the resource utilization of tailings, waste rocks, and other resources. Develop a carbon reduction methodology for the resource utilization technology of solid waste from phosphate mines, and build one demonstration project to solve the problems of phosphate rock waste accumulation and secondary geological disasters, achieving a resource utilization rate of over 50% for phosphate rock solid waste; The fifth is to develop carbon reduction and sink enhancement technologies for phosphorus mine ecological restoration, develop new types of mine ecological restoration technologies, create economic mining ecological restoration models, develop mining ecological restoration and sink enhancement technologies, solve the problem of high mining ecological restoration costs, develop two sets of mining ecological restoration and sink enhancement technology methodologies, achieve the development of carbon sink projects in mining ecological restoration areas, and reduce mining ecological restoration costs by more than 90%; The sixth is to develop technology for optimizing the energy consumption structure of the entire phosphorus industry chain. Through the integration of new energy technology application, energy storage system construction, and other technologies, the problem of low carbonization of energy consumption in the entire phosphorus industry chain of enterprises is solved. One mining microgrid with integrated source, grid, load, and storage is constructed to ensure the continuous and stable supply of green electricity for enterprises, and the green electricity substitution rate of the entire phosphorus industry chain exceeds 80%; The seventh is to develop carbon emission monitoring technology for the entire phosphorus ore industry chain, achieve visualization of carbon emission management, and build a carbon emission monitoring platform. After the application of the technology integration system, it is ensured that Yunnan Phosphate Group Co., Ltd. achieves carbon peak 5 years ahead of its current production capacity and carbon neutrality 20 years ahead of schedule.

Existing basic conditions

The company has a National Phosphorus Resource Development and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, a Yunnan Phosphate Mining and Dressing Engineering Technology Research Center, and a postdoctoral research workstation. It has conducted strategic cooperation with multiple domestic and foreign research institutions and universities, forming a research and development mechanism that combines industry, academia, and research. The "Open Sky Long Wall Mining Method" won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. The company attaches great importance to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality work, and has completed the preparation of greenhouse gas inventories for 2026-2020. It has developed a carbon peaking implementation plan, a plan for the resource utilization of solid waste from phosphate rock, and a green mine construction plan. We conducted preliminary research on the development plan for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. The company has good data accumulation in project implementation, with an annual R&D investment of over 100 million yuan. It has 85 research personnel, including 10 doctoral students (including current doctoral students), 6 with senior professional titles, and 21 with senior professional titles, which can provide talent support for the joint research and development of the project. The research of the project is already in its initial stage and has a good research foundation. The Yunnan Phosphorus Mining and Dressing Engineering Technology Research Center, Yunnan Phosphorus Resource Technology Innovation Center (under preparation), Yunnan Phosphorus Industry Manufacturing Innovation Center, and Yunnan Phosphorus Chemical Energy Conservation and New Materials Key Laboratory cover national, provincial, and municipal scientific research platforms with complete equipment. We have conducted geological and mining experimental research, mineral processing and pharmaceutical experimental research, and solid waste resource utilization experimental research. We have conducted years of ecological restoration and reclamation experimental research on abandoned mining land, and the production conditions are good.

Expected results and economic, social and ecological benefits

The application of low-carbon open-pit mining technology and transportation electrification technology in the scenario of reducing carbon emissions and increasing sinks in the entire phosphorus chemical industry chain, in the scenario of open-pit mining and ore transportation of phosphorus mines; In the scenario of phosphate ore beneficiation, new energy power substitution technology is applied to achieve a green power substitution rate of over 80% in beneficiation; In the low-carbon scenario of phosphorus chemical industry, the integration of heat recovery and fossil energy substitution technology is applied to solve the problem of high carbon emissions in sulfuric acid production, phosphoric acid production, and feed calcium production; In the scenario of resource utilization of solid waste from phosphate rock, demonstration projects will be constructed for the production of building materials, mineral fertilizers, and soil amendments through the resource utilization of tailings, waste rocks, etc., in order to reduce the accumulation of phosphate rock waste and eliminate secondary geological disasters, and create a technological path for waste free mines; In the scenario of phosphorus mine ecological restoration, innovate 2 mining ecological restoration technologies, create 1 economically viable mining ecological restoration model, and 1 mining ecological restoration sink increasing technology to solve the problem of high mining ecological restoration costs; In the scenario of optimizing the energy consumption structure of the entire phosphorus industry chain, achieve the integration of source, grid, load, and storage in the construction of mining microgrids, and ensure the continuous and stable supply of green electricity for enterprises; Through the breakthrough of integrated technology for carbon reduction and sink increase in the entire phosphorus industry chain, the low-carbon transformation of the phosphorus chemical industry has been achieved. The system has solved the problems of high energy consumption and carbon emissions in the phosphorus ore mining and processing industry, creating economic benefits of over 30 million yuan per year, and increasing employment by over 1000 people.

Requirement

The leader of the candidate should obtain a doctoral degree, and the supporting unit of the candidate should be a key university or research institute in China. They have years of research foundation and experience in ecology, ecological engineering, solid waste resource utilization, addressing climate change, carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and have outstanding research capabilities in this field. They have published papers related to climate change in top international journals such as NATURE and SCIENCE, We have over 400 professional scientific research personnel, experience in undertaking carbon peak and carbon neutrality planning projects for large mining enterprises, and technical means and related instruments and equipment for monitoring carbon emissions and carbon sinks. More than 5 members of the technical team hold doctoral degrees and possess technical talents who serve as members of the provincial or above carbon peak work expert group. The project timeline is 3 years. The intellectual property formed by the project is jointly owned by both parties, and Yunnan Phosphate Group Co., Ltd. is responsible for the transformation and application of intellectual property. The profits generated from intellectual property shall be agreed upon by both parties through a separate agreement.