QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION FOR MINERAL RESOURCES UTILIZATION: A case study of the iron resources in Liaoning Province

In order to economically and intensively utilize the mineral resources in a particular area, it is necessary to evaluate the utilization level for some minerals to study the main problems, analysis the general situation and early warn the new trends. Adopting the multi-level and multi-index evaluation method, with the construction of the mineral resources utilization evaluation system, 16 kinds of main minerals of Liaoning Province are analyzed for the data of continuous 5 years. Taking the iron resources as example, the overall utilization is evaluated in detail. The evaluation results basically accord with the actual situation of each kind of mineral resources and their utilization levels, proving that the evaluation system is practical and universal.