The natural reserves of tungsten in the earth's crust are 6.2 million tons, and the recoverable reserves are 2.9 million tons. China is a major tungsten producer, with tungsten reserves of 5.2 million tons, which is more than three times the total reserves of 30 foreign tungsten-producing countries (1.3 million tons), and ranks first in the world in terms of output and export. The tungsten reserves of Hunan, Jiangxi and Henan provinces rank among the top three in the country, of which the tungsten reserves of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces account for 55.48% of the country. Hunan is dominated by scheelite, and Jiangxi is dominated by wolframite, and its wolframite resources account for 42.40% of the total wolframite resources in China.
China's tungsten ore is generally distributed in the eastern coastal area of Guangdong on both sides of China's Nanling Mountains, especially in the southern part of Jiangxi, accounting for more than half of the world's reserves. In addition, Dayu and Xiushui in Jiangxi, Rucheng, Anhua, Linwu, Zixing, Tuling in Hunan, Luanchuan in Henan, Ninghua in Fujian, and Guangxi, Guangdong, Gansu, Yunnan and other places.
The main sources of tungsten ore abroad are Canada, Russia, the United States, North Korea, Mongolia and other countries.