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Western Mining is a China-based mining company headquartered in Xining, Qinghai, engaged in the exploration, mining, smelting, processing, and sale of multiple mineral products.

Last updated November 4, 2026

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Overview

Western Mining, also known as Western Mining Co., Ltd. and Western Mining Company, is a Chinese mining company. The supplied company description identifies it as a large mining enterprise in northwestern China and places its headquarters in Xining, Qinghai. Its stated activities span the mineral value chain: exploration, extraction, smelting, processing, and sales. The described mineral portfolio includes copper, lead, zinc, iron, manganese, gold, and silver. This range makes the company a diversified mining and metals business rather than a single-mineral operation. The available evidence establishes the company’s Chinese identity, broad activities, mineral portfolio, and headquarters. It does not establish a founding date, founder, ownership or parent-company structure, listing status, named executives, specific branded products, or markets beyond the company’s Chinese base; those details are therefore not asserted here.

History

The available evidence identifies Western Mining as a Chinese mining company operating in northwestern China and headquartered in Xining, Qinghai. It describes a broad business scope encompassing mineral exploration, mining, smelting, processing, and sales, with copper, lead, zinc, iron, manganese, gold, and silver among its mineral products. These facts establish the company’s general industrial profile and the range of activities attributed to it. The evidence supplied for this dossier does not provide a founding date, named founder, dated corporate milestones, ownership history, listing information, acquisitions, leadership changes, or other specific historical turning points. Accordingly, no chronology or further corporate-history details are inferred.

Products and positioning

A diversified mining and metals company with activities across mineral exploration, extraction, smelting, processing, and sales.

  • Copper

  • Lead

  • Zinc

  • Iron

  • Manganese

  • Gold

  • Silver

Controversies

  • 2012

    Former chairman Mao Xiaobing investigated for bribery; subsidiary environmental issues

    Mao Xiaobing, former chairman of Western Mining and later Xining Party secretary, was investigated in 2014 and prosecuted in 2015 for bribery and misappropriation of public funds; during his tenure at Western Mining he was suspected of benefit transfer and embezzlement of state assets; in 2012, Western Mining subsidiaries Xianghe Nonferrous and Saishitang Copper were ordered to rectify environmental problems. Mao Xiaobing was sentenced; the subsidiaries rectified.

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Recent events

  • Unconfirmed

    Western Mining executive resigns[6]

    Wang Wei resigned as a director, the company’s chief financial officer and board secretary, and a member of the remuneration and appraisal committee. His resignation takes effect upon delivery of the resignation report to the company’s board.

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