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With the enthusiasm for gold as an investment as well as for its industrial uses
对黄金的狂热来自于投资需求及工业需求
World gold council 世界黄金理事会
Cables transmitting ultra high voltage electricity acro China
全国各地铺设超高压输电线路
Both copper and gold are booming
铜和黄金需求大增
New mines are coming on stream around the world
世界各地的新矿也源源不断滴涌现
Prices dipped only briefly during major financial crisis and then rose to even greater heights 即使面临严重金融危机 其价格也不过是在小幅下降后以更大幅度上涨
This has not been a problem for
这难不倒
Which have ridden the boom
对此驾轻就熟
Most smelters and their manufacturing customer
冶炼厂 及其下游加工企业
The coastal location ofhas helped
这一地理优势
Giving them ready acce to global supplies
使他们更容易地从全球市场获得原材料供给
Global sourcing of raw materials for coastal industries is shifting to domestic sourcing far inland沿海工业的原材料供应从全球转向了内陆
Manufacturing is moving inwards, encouraged by central policies to soften the extreme inequality between the east coast and the interior
受中央政府的政策鼓励，制造业逐渐向内陆转移，以缓解东部沿海地区与内部省份之间发展的极度失衡
The new Chongqing-Chengdu industrial hub is fast emerging
新兴的重庆成都核心工业区快速凸显
Preparing itself to export to the world via the Yangtze
已经做好利用长江行销世界的准备
The answer to China’s accelerating demand for copper and gold is the Tibetan Plateau
为了应对国内对铜和黄金日益增长的需求，政府将目光投向了青藏高原
But until now 只不过在此之前
It has been easier and cheaper to buy materials overseas
从海外购买矿产相对容易，价格也更便宜
Tibet has been too remote, too cold, the air too thin and the infrastructure abscent
西藏地处偏远，气候寒冷，空气稀薄，基础设施严重不足
Small-scale extraction of surface gold from riverbeds has been frequent
河床地区小规模开采地表黄金的现象很常见
Environmentally destructive, with much use of dredges, cyanide and mercury that kill aquatic life and poison streams
使用大量的挖掘设备，使用会杀死水生生物、污染河流的氰化物和贡等化学物质 因此对环境破坏极大
Publicly, small-scale mining is now banned
表面上，国家已经明令禁止进行小规模生产
But in practice it persists
然而实际上 小规模开采依然屡禁不止
Been removed in the name of watershed protection
以保护水域的名义被迁到了其他地区
Now a new era is under way
如今 新时代已悄然来临
The state has paid for
国家出资修建了
State geological exploration teams
国家地质勘探队
Mapping known deposits
对探明储量进行测绘 Tibet Autonomous Region
Hinterland region内陆地区
We have actively merged with the economic sphere
我们已经实现了与经济圈的有机融合Where central planners say there will be many mines, ore crushers, chemical concentrators and smelters
中央政府表示，将在这一地区进行大量开采。而随之而来的还有碎矿机、化学选矿设备、冶炼设备等。
Large-scale industrial mining has arrived
大规模工业化开采时代已经来临
Although the lead and zinc will go to waste
尽管铅和锌最后会被浪费掉
All these mines are situated in the watersheds of Asia’s major rivers that support hundreds of millions of people downstream
这些矿藏恰好位于亚洲主要河流的流域，这些河流维系着下游成千上万居民的生存 Shetongmon mine was the first major project to attract publicity
是最早受到公众关注的大型项目
Shigatse city, the historic seat of the Panchen Lamas
历代*
By the time 届时
It’s proximity to a major river raises serious environmental concerns
矿区所处位置靠近主要河流，这引起了人们对环境问题的严重关切
Tibetan scientists 西藏科研人员
Any leakage from the hillside dam waste tailings could be disastrous
而山塘围堰一旦发生尾矿泄露将会带来灾难性影响
Downstream China’s water purity would be threatened too
下游的水同样会受到威胁
The area is seismically unstable, vulnerable to earthquakes
地质不稳定 地震多发
Increased mining activity
愈加频繁的开采行为
Increase the mobility of these pools of heavy metals
加速这些重金属的流动
Sent a petition to Chinese authorities
向中央当局递交了请愿书
Demanding the closure of the mine
要求关闭矿山
The mining operation has reportedly dried up spring water
据报道，采矿作业已经耗尽了泉水
Killed domestic animals
导致家畜死亡
Destroyed flora and fauna in the region
是该地区的动植物群落遭到破坏
Proceed with a major expansion of the project
进一步扩大项目规模
Lack capital to invest in sufficient health and safety practices
由于缺乏投资，之前的各个业主在健康及安全保护措施方面投入严重不足
Of particular concern for human health
考虑到人体健康
Gyama deposit 甲玛矿
Lie forever in waste dumps below the mine
被永远地留在矿下的废矿区
Highly profitable project
高收益项目
The mine’s life 矿山开采期内
Earn in revenue from taxes
通过税收获得 收益
Commercially attractive molybdenum metal
极具商业潜力的钼
Monastery 寺
Over 12 centuries ago 有1200多年历史
And thus deeply venerated
因此备受尊崇
One of a cluster of
集中地区之一
In a remote and rugged area 偏远崎岖地区
Their major tributaries 主要支流
Causing maive interruptions to wild mountain rivers
这些原本自由奔腾的删减河流将遭到大规模截流
Signifying nothing le than the remote region’s integration into the Chinese industrial economy这不啻鱼标志着这个偏远地区已经融入中国的工业化进程中
Will have to bear the environmental costs
不得不背负因此而产生的环境成本
Give voice to environmental concerns
表达对环境的担忧
Receive royalties from these projects
向 支付资源税
Reduce China’s reliance 降低中国对 以来
The difference is made up by imports
两者间的缺口就需要由进口来补充
Despite several recent delays
尽管一些项目近期一拖再拖
Will continue to rise
还将持续增长
Are adept at operating and raising capital globally
对海外运营及资金筹措已经驾轻就熟
Drumming up resource nationalism
鼓吹资源民族主义
Are hardly world scale
从全球范围来看几乎不算什么
Is only a small fraction of the size of the largest mined deposits worldwide其储量与世界最大的矿区储量相比也微不足道
According to the officials
据官方消息透漏
Might reach
有望达到
A fact strongly emphasized by
总是大力强调这一点
Keen to elicit state subsidies
为了吸引国家补贴
Source copper from Tibet
用西藏的铜资源来满足国内需求
Going ahead 先行一步
Commercial considerations are only part of the picture
商业方面的考虑仅仅是其中的一部分
Finance at conceional rates
财政优惠利率
Tax holidays 免税期
Minimal environmental standards and costs
宽松的环境标准及最低的环境成本
Get concentrates to smelters
将精矿运往冶炼厂
Subsidized rail freight rates
货运价格补贴
Yulong mine has been slow to develop beyond a modest scale
玉龙矿的进展速度极为缓慢
At state expense 国家出资
Hydropower dams 水电大坝
Steep terrain draining both the Yangtze and Mekong 流域地势陡峭 水流湍急
