Geological Characteristics, Potential and Genesis of Iron-Manganese Ore Formation at the Bottom of the Southwestern Part of the South China Sea Part 2. Results of studying ore samples from the bottom of the South China Sea

Yu.V. Kirichenko¹, Ngo Tran Thien Quy^{1, 2}, Pham Ba Trung³, Nguyen Thi Tham⁴, Doan Thi Thuy^4
1 National University of Science & Technology (MISIS), Moscow, Russian Federation
² Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
³ Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam
⁴ Vietnam Petroleum Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam
Russian Mining Industry №2 / 2022 р. 67-75

Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze the role of industrial policy in promoting technological modernization and economic upgrading in two mining countries, i.e. Brazil and South Africa. It analyzes the mining complex of these countries, in which they have achieved certain advantages in international markets. The main results show the significant difficulties that industrial policy faces in creating mechanisms to overcome economic and technological lags. Transition towards a higher added value and more sophisticated and diversified economic activity forms the basis of a sustainable and healthy economy, allowing companies and industries to fully implement their potential, involves investment in a wide range of production facilities and institutional structures.

Keywords: South China Sea, sampling, petrographic thin sections, nodules, crusts, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, content of components, iron, manganese, rare earth elements, genesis, hydrogenetic origin, diagenetic origin, hydrothermal origin, age, growth rate, exploration prospects

For citation: Kirichenko Yu.V., Ngo Tran Thien Quy, Pham Ba Trung, Nguyen Thi Tham, Doan Thi Thuy. Geological Characteristics, Potential and Genesis of Iron-Manganese Ore Formation at the Bottom of the Southwestern Part of the South China Sea. Part 2. Results of studying ore samples from the bottom of the South China Sea. Russian Mining Industry. 2022;(2):67–75. https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2022-2-67-75

Article info

Received: 27.02.2022

Revised: 15.03.2022

Accepted: 16.03.2022

Information about the authors

Yury V. Kirichenko – Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, Department of Geology and Mine Surveying, National University of Science & Technology (MISIS), Moscow, Russian Federation

Ngo Tran Thien Quy – Graduate Student, Department of Geology and Mine Surveying, National University of Science & Technology (MISIS), Moscow, Russian Federation; Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Pham Ba Trung – engineer, Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam Nguyen Thi Tham – Engineer, Vietnam Petroleum Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam

Doan Thi Thuy – Engineer, Vietnam Petroleum Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam

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